Caudan

Caudan Kaodan
Commune
German army surrender in a field in Caudan on 10 May 1945.
Location of Caudan
Caudan Location within France Caudan Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 47°48′41″N 3°20′21″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Lanester
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Fabrice Vély
Area 1	42.63 km2 (16.46 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	7,206
• Density	169.0/km2 (437.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56036 /56850
Elevation	2–84 m (6.6–275.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caudan (French pronunciation: [kodɑ̃]; Breton: Kaodan) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Yvonne Chauffin (1905–1995), laureate of the Prix Breizh in 1970, died in Caudan.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Caudan are called in French Caudanais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,686	—
1975	4,764	+8.53%
1982	5,819	+2.90%
1990	6,674	+1.73%
1999	6,744	+0.12%
2007	6,825	+0.15%
2012	6,806	−0.06%
2017	6,838	+0.09%
2023	7,206	+0.88%
Source: INSEE

Geography

Caudan is part of the urban area of Lorient city, located north of the town of Lanester.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)