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Guer
Gwern-Porc'hoed | |
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 Saint Nicolas chapel near Guer | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
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| 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) |
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| 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.[2]
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 des Aspirants de Coëtquidan (Coetquidan's cadets' military school), for direct recruitment officers under timed contracts.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]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[3] | ||
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- 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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