Colpo

Colpo Kolpoù
Commune
The Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdroguen
Coat of arms
Location of Colpo
Colpo Colpo
Coordinates: 47°49′12″N 2°48′32″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Grand-Champ
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Freddy Jahier
Area 1	26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,296
• Density	86.71/km2 (224.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56042 /56390
Elevation	52–156 m (171–512 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colpo (French pronunciation: [kɔlpo]; Breton: Kolpoù) is a commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Colpo are called Colpéens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1866	973	—
1872	1,000	+0.46%
1876	1,286	+6.49%
1881	1,016	−4.60%
1886	1,106	+1.71%
1891	1,157	+0.91%
1896	1,161	+0.07%
1901	1,203	+0.71%
1906	1,232	+0.48%
1911	1,268	+0.58%
1921	1,234	−0.27%
1926	1,177	−0.94%
1931	1,246	+1.15%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1936	1,254	+0.13%
1946	1,308	+0.42%
1954	1,230	−0.77%
1962	1,222	−0.08%
1968	1,231	+0.12%
1975	1,158	−0.87%
1982	1,378	+2.52%
1990	1,659	+2.35%
1999	1,809	+0.97%
2007	2,189	+2.41%
2012	2,258	+0.62%
2017	2,222	−0.32%
2023	2,296	+0.55%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Map

Topographic map

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)