Guer
Guer
Gwern-Porc'hoed | |
|---|---|
 Saint Nicolas chapel near Guer | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Guer  | |
  Guer  Guer | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 2°07′09″W / 47.9047°N 2.1192°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Vannes |
| Canton | Guer |
| Intercommunality | CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Bléher[1] |
Area 1 | 52.11 km2 (20.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 6,068 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56075 /56380 |
| Elevation | 18–155 m (59–509 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guer (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁ]; Breton: Gwern-Porc'hoed) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[3]
It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is 43 km (27 mi) southwest from Rennes, the regional capital.
Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is located in Guer and comprises three military educational facilities:
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army officers through direct recruitment;
- École militaire interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers; and
- École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps).
Demographics
[edit]Inhabitants of Guer are called Guerrois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5,757 | — |
| 1975 | 5,922 | +0.40% |
| 1982 | 5,657 | −0.65% |
| 1990 | 5,794 | +0.30% |
| 1999 | 5,560 | −0.46% |
| 2007 | 6,305 | +1.58% |
| 2012 | 6,327 | +0.07% |
| 2017 | 6,192 | −0.43% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]Media related to Guer at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
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