Guipavas

Guipavas
Gwipavaz

Guipavas, seen from West

Coat of arms
Guipavas

Coordinates: 48°26′03″N 4°23′58″W / 48.4342°N 4.3994°W / 48.4342; -4.3994Coordinates: 48°26′03″N 4°23′58″W / 48.4342°N 4.3994°W / 48.4342; -4.3994
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Guipavas
Intercommunality Brest Métropole Océane
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Gurvan Moal
Area1 44.13 km2 (17.04 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 13,771
  Density 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guipavas (Breton: Gwipavaz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 2,905    
1800 3,547+22.1%
1806 3,845+8.4%
1821 5,688+47.9%
1831 5,332−6.3%
1836 5,108−4.2%
1841 5,312+4.0%
1846 5,520+3.9%
1851 6,047+9.5%
1856 6,042−0.1%
1861 6,356+5.2%
1866 6,356+0.0%
1872 6,641+4.5%
1876 6,802+2.4%
1881 7,077+4.0%
1886 7,247+2.4%
1891 8,339+15.1%
1896 5,174−38.0%
1901 5,221+0.9%
1906 5,238+0.3%
1911 5,061−3.4%
1921 5,002−1.2%
1926 4,624−7.6%
1931 4,562−1.3%
1936 4,894+7.3%
1946 5,532+13.0%
1954 6,105+10.4%
1962 6,610+8.3%
1968 7,346+11.1%
1975 8,959+22.0%
1982 10,425+16.4%
1990 11,956+14.7%
1999 12,588+5.3%
2008 13,771+9.4%

Breton language

See also

References

  1. (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
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