Plouhinec is a French commune located south-west of the department of Morbihan and Brittany. The town is located between the Ria of Étel to the east on 17 km and the small sea of Gâvres on 5 km to the west. To the south the 8 km of beach overlooking the ocean are part of the biggest dune cordon of Brittany which stretches from the point of Gâvres to the fort of Penthièvre in the town of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. Source wikipedia