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{{short description|Natural region of central-east France}}
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{{Infobox mountain
|name= Morvan
|photo= Bibracte capitale gauloise sur le mont beuvray (Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Morvan, Bourgogne, France).jpg
|photo_size= 275
|photo_caption= A view of Mount Beuvray in the Morvan area, which marks the border between the [[Nièvre]] and [[Saône-et-Loire]] departments
|country= [[France]]
|region= [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]
|border= [[Massif Central]]
|highest= [[Haut-Folin]]
|elevation_m= 901
|map_image= Loc Morvan.png
| map_caption= Area covered by the range
}}
The '''Morvan''' ({{IPA|fr|mɔʁvɑ̃|-|Fr-Morvan.wav}}; historically '''Morvand''' from the [[Latin]] ''Murvinnum'' {{circa}} 590)<ref>Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 {{ISBN|978-2-87772-449-4}}, {{p.|389}}</ref> is a mountainous [[massif]] lying just to the west of the [[Côte d'Or (escarpment)|Côte d'Or]] [[escarpment]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]], central-east [[France]]. It is a northerly extension of the [[Massif Central]] and is of [[Variscan orogeny|Variscan]] age. It is composed of [[granite]]s and [[basalt]]s and formed a [[promontory]] extending northwards into the [[Jurassic]] sea.

It is the smallest mountain area in France in terms of landmass covered, as well as the lowest, with a maximum altitude of 901 metres (2,956 feet) at [[Haut-Folin]].

==Geography==
The Morvan is located across the [[Côte-d'Or]], [[Nièvre]], [[Saône-et-Loire]] and [[Yonne]] [[Departments of France|departments]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]] in central-east France.

At its heart nowadays is the [[protected area]] of [[Morvan Regional Natural Park]] (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Morvan'').

Its main town is [[Château-Chinon (Ville)|Château-Chinon]], Nièvre on the D978 road between [[Nevers]] and [[Autun]]. Several of its valleys have been [[dam]]med to form [[Lake|reservoirs]].

<gallery>
Cantons du massif du Morvan (France).svg|Map of the [[Cantons of France|cantons]] of the Morvan
Carte des Communes du Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan en 2008.svg|Map of the communes of the Morvan Regional Natural Park
Carte géologique du Morvan.svg|Geological map of the Morvan
Landscape, Morvan, France (2).JPG|Typical landscape in the Morvan
</gallery>

==Music==
{{see also|Music of France|Bagpipes}}
The Morvan has a strong  musical tradition. It uses musical ideas from many other cultures and combines them to make its own.

==See also==
* [[Château-Chinon (Campagne)]]
* [[Château-Chinon (Ville)]]

==References==
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==External links==
Internationally, Morvan is relatively unknown, so most information is in French.

*[http://lormes.net Lormes.net, a place in the Morvan] {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716023459/http://www.sdlyonne.com/frsdlymorvan.htm Description of The Morvan] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081016042314/http://www.vitalsudmorvan.org/parcdumorvan.html Parc du morvan] and pollution sources {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://lormes.net/morvan/ Le Morvan] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]