Guern

Commune in Brittany, France

Guern Gwern
Commune
The town hall in Guern
Location of Guern
(2023–2026)		Stéphanie L'Hostis-Le Diagon^[1]
Area ¹	47.01 km² (18.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,347
• Density	29/km² (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56076 /56310
Elevation	67–188 m (220–617 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guern (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁn]; Breton: Gwern) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Guern are called in French Guernates.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,500	—
1800	2,237	−1.58%
1806	3,058	+5.35%
1821	3,079	+0.05%
1831	3,386	+0.95%
1836	3,468	+0.48%
1841	3,327	−0.83%
1846	3,619	+1.70%
1851	3,564	−0.31%
1856	3,280	−1.65%
1861	3,229	−0.31%
1866	3,341	+0.68%
1872	2,654	−3.76%
1876	2,709	+0.51%
1881	2,734	+0.18%
1886	2,766	+0.23%
1891	2,746	−0.15%
1896	2,677	−0.51%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,787	+0.81%
1906	2,863	+0.54%
1911	2,714	−1.06%
1921	2,524	−0.72%
1926	2,575	+0.40%
1931	2,655	+0.61%
1936	2,466	−1.47%
1946	2,440	−0.11%
1954	2,144	−1.60%
1962	1,896	−1.52%
1968	1,670	−2.09%
1975	1,555	−1.01%
1982	1,534	−0.19%
1990	1,409	−1.06%
1999	1,398	−0.09%
2009	1,448	+0.35%
2014	1,362	−1.22%
2020	1,314	−0.60%

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Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

Geography

The village centre is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Pontivy. The Sarre river flows through the village. The main settlements are the village centre, Quelven and Locmeltro. In the village of Quelven is the basilica Notre-Dame de Quelven.

Map

Topographic map

Gallery

Basilica Notre-Dame de Quelven
Chapel Saint Meldéoc of Locmeltro
Manor of Menorval
Column of Locmeltro

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guern, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guern.

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)