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Guipavas Gwipavaz
Commune
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Coordinates: 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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Jacob
Area	44.13 km (17.04 sq mi)
Population	15,401
• Density	350/km (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29075 /29490
Elevation	0–131 m (0–430 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guipavas (French pronunciation: [ɡipava]; Breton: Gwipavaz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,905 —     1800 3,547 +2.89% 1806 3,845 +1.35% 1821 5,688 +2.64% 1831 5,332 −0.64% 1836 5,108 −0.85% 1841 5,312 +0.79% 1846 5,520 +0.77% 1851 6,047 +1.84% 1856 6,042 −0.02% 1861 6,356 +1.02% 1866 6,356 +0.00% 1872 6,641 +0.73% 1876 6,802 +0.60% 1881 7,077 +0.80% 1886 7,247 +0.48% 1891 8,339 +2.85% 1896 5,174 −9.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,221 +0.18% 1906 5,238 +0.07% 1911 5,061 −0.69% 1921 5,002 −0.12% 1926 4,624 −1.56% 1931 4,562 −0.27% 1936 4,894 +1.41% 1946 5,532 +1.23% 1954 6,105 +1.24% 1962 6,610 +1.00% 1968 7,346 +1.78% 1975 8,959 +2.88% 1982 10,425 +2.19% 1990 11,956 +1.73% 1999 12,584 +0.57% 2007 13,855 +1.21% 2012 13,586 −0.39% 2017 14,482 +1.29%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Breton language

• In 2023, 6.1% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

See also

• Brest Bretagne Airport
• Communes of the Finistère department
• Yann Larhantec
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guipavas, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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