Guipavas
Guipavas
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Guipavas, seen from West | |
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Location of Guipavas | |
Guipavas Guipavas | |
| Coordinates: 48°26′03″N 4°23′58″W / 48.4342°N 4.3994°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Guipavas |
| Intercommunality | Brest Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Fabrice Jacob[1] |
Area 1 | 44.13 km2 (17.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 15,538 |
| • Density | 352.1/km2 (911.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29075 /29490 |
| Elevation | 0–131 m (0–430 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guipavas (French pronunciation: [ɡipava]; Breton: Gwipavaz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.
The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.
Population
Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French Guipavasiens.
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Breton language
- In 2023, 6.1% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[5]
See also
- Brest Bretagne Airport
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Yann Larhantec
- List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guipavas, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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