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Real estate Morbihan: the south side of Brittany
An outstanding climate, an extremely jagged coastline encircling a multitude islands like so many tiny paradises, with Rennes and the Nantes metropolitan area nearby… Morbihan, where modernity and the good life go hand in hand.
Real estate trends
The most prized of Brittany's departments is also the most costly. While, according to La Vie immobilière, the price per square meter continues to behave in Lorient (1,500 €) and Vannes (2,300 €), it is well above 4,000 € to Quiberon. In the country, a few farm style country homes to restore are still available at moderate prices (100,000 €), but as you get closer to the coast, the price of houses can climb as high as 500,000 €. Exclusive properties, with a view of the Gulf of Morbihan, often go for more than a million euros.
Traditional housing
The narrow streets of old Vannes, as well as many villages such as Saint-Goustan or Auray, are still home to half-timbered houses. Usually stone on the ground floor, the upper stories are corbel, entirely made of wood. The color and placement of the wood panels are used to date the construction, between the 15th and 17th Centuries.
Location
The TGV puts Vannes 3 hours from Paris, and Lorient 3:30. Direct flights are also available from Lille and Brussels.
The Lorient airport has flights to Paris, Lyon and several cities of the United Kingdom.
Scenery and activities
The only department taking its name from its regional tongue has chosen its color. Mor (sea) and Bihan (small) pay homage to the glory of a gulf so enclosed that it is a mini sea, sprinkled, according to legend, with as many islands as the year has days. Offshore, Belle-Ile, Hoedic and Groix confirm that in Morbihan, sea and land are intimately bound. The very jagged coastline has some 1,000 km of coastline.
Landside, moors, marshes and majestic forests come one after the other, living relics of 5,000 years of history. Indeed, Morbihan has an exceptionally heavy concentration of Neolithic vestiges, particularly at Carnac and Locmariaquer: alignments of menhirs, dolmens, tumuli… Religious tradition remains equally enduring, as can be seen in the many wayside crosses, chapels and holy buildings.
Weather
An almost southern mildness is omnipresent along its shores: moderate rainfall, mild winters, and annual sunny days exceeding 2,000 hours. Some islands, such as Belle-Ile-en-Mer, even enjoy microclimates that foster the growth of mimosas and camellias.
In town
- Vannes: Located to the back of the Gulf of Morbihan, the flourishing prefecture, lies at the heart of a metropolitan area of over 100,000 inhabitants. Its economic fabric relies on the agri-food and service industries. This city of art and history has some noteworthy half-timbered houses and elegant mansions.
- Lorient: the center of the Cap L'orient metropolitan area, with almost 200,000 inhabitants, the city developed around its naval shipyards. Its fishing port ranks second in France.
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