Gâvres

Gâvres

Gavr
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Commune
	The beach at Gâvres
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°41′23″N 3°21′15″W / 47.6897°N 3.3542°WCoordinates: 47°41′23″N 3°21′15″W / 47.6897°N 3.3542°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Pluvigner
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Le Vouëdec
Area 1	1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	678
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56062 /56680
Elevation	0–10 m (0–33 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gâvres (French pronunciation: [ɡavʁ]; Breton: Gavr) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.^[3] The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.

References[]

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in Marie-France Aubry. "L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres" (PDF). Town of Gâvres Cap-Lorient. association Gâvres, Arts et Traditions..