Guidel
Guidel
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Coat of arms of Guidel Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Guidel |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Daniel[1] |
Area 1 | 52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56078 /56520 |
| Elevation | 0–70 m (0–230 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Guidel (French pronunciation: [gidɛl]; Breton: Gwidel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[2] Inhabitants of Guidel are called in French Guidélois.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,367 | — |
| 1975 | 4,163 | +3.08% |
| 1982 | 6,071 | +5.54% |
| 1990 | 8,241 | +3.89% |
| 1999 | 9,156 | +1.18% |
| 2007 | 9,973 | +1.07% |
| 2012 | 10,279 | +0.61% |
| 2017 | 11,550 | +2.36% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Cemetery
[edit | edit source]The communal cemetery, containing 108 tombs from the World War II, has been listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[4] Most of the casualties were belonging to the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Breton language
[edit | edit source]The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 March 2007.
In 2008, there was 6,44% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[5]
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See also
[edit | edit source]- Communes of the Morbihan department
- Hortense Clémentine Tanvet Sculptor of war memorial
References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in English) CWGG: Guidel communal cemetery
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
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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