AURAY, a town of France, in the department of Morbihan, I2m. W. of Vannes on the railway to Quimper. Pop. (1931) 6,242. Coastal subsidence forming the island-studded Morbihan bay has submerged the lower valley of the Auray river and the tide reaches the town, giving it some coasting trade. The great stone monuments abounding near by are thought to indicate maritime intercourse already in prehistoric times. In the neigh bourhood is the church of Ste. Anne d'Auray, famous for its pardon and one of the principal places of pilgrimage in Brittany. Auray is one of the chief centres in France for oyster breeding. There is an active coasting trade, the principal cargoes being mine-props for, and coal from, Great Britain. Auray also makes furniture, and trades in dairy produce and fruit.