Guidel

Guidel Gwidel
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W / 47.7914°N 3.4872°W / 47.7914; -3.4872Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W / 47.7914°N 3.4872°W / 47.7914; -3.4872
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Daniel[1]
Area 1	52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	11,659
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56078 /56520
Elevation	0–70 m (0–230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guidel (French pronunciation: ​[gidɛl]; Breton: Gwidel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Guidel are called in French Guidélois.

Cemetery[]

The communal cemetery, containing 108 tombs from the World War II, has been listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.^[3] Most of the casualties were belonging to the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Breton language[]

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on March the 27th of 2007.

In 2008, there was 6,44% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[4]

Ponds of Petit and Grand Loc'h

See also[]

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Hortense Clémentine Tanvet Sculptor of war memorial

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guidel.

• 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)

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