Gouesnou

Gouesnou

Gouenoù
Gouesnou Gouenoù
Commune
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	Coordinates: 48°27′16″N 4°27′48″W / 48.4544°N 4.4633°WCoordinates: 48°27′16″N 4°27′48″W / 48.4544°N 4.4633°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-4
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Roudaut
Area 1	12.08 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	6,166
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29061 /29850
Elevation	58–103 m (190–338 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

International relations[]

Gouesnou is a satellite town of Brest. Gouesnou is twinned with the town of Brecon in Powys, south Wales enabling cultural exchanges to take place between these two Celtic regions.^[3]

Geography[]

The Penfeld River takes its source in this commune.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Gouesnou are known in French as Gouesnousiens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,153	—
1800	1,191	+3.3%
1806	1,327	+11.4%
1821	1,264	−4.7%
1831	1,525	+20.6%
1836	1,597	+4.7%
1841	1,515	−5.1%
1846	1,509	−0.4%
1851	1,514	+0.3%
1856	1,454	−4.0%
1861	1,425	−2.0%
1866	1,479	+3.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1872	1,494	+1.0%
1876	1,478	−1.1%
1881	1,474	−0.3%
1886	1,417	−3.9%
1891	1,462	+3.2%
1896	1,511	+3.4%
1901	1,390	−8.0%
1906	1,394	+0.3%
1911	1,424	+2.2%
1921	1,411	−0.9%
1926	1,382	−2.1%
1931	1,305	−5.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	1,316	+0.8%
1946	1,528	+16.1%
1954	1,829	+19.7%
1962	2,141	+17.1%
1968	2,543	+18.8%
1975	3,040	+19.5%
1982	4,061	+33.6%
1990	5,417	+33.4%
1999	6,041	+11.5%
2008	6,317	+4.6%

Breton language[]

In 2008, 8.32% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[4]

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue