Guémené-Penfao

Guémené-Penfao
The church in Guémené-Penfao
Coat of arms
Guémené-Penfao
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Guémené-Penfao
Coordinates: 47°37′51″N 1°49′53″W / 47.6308°N 1.8314°WCoordinates: 47°37′51″N 1°49′53″W / 47.6308°N 1.8314°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant
Canton	Guémené-Penfao
Intercommunality	Pays de Redon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yannick Bigaud
Area^1	105.51 km^2 (40.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	4,876
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	52,758
INSEE/Postal code	44067 / 44290
Elevation	2–83 m (6.6–272.3 ft)
Website	http://www.mairie-guemene-penfao.fr/
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guémené-Penfao is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, north of Nantes. The commune is widespread, and includes the former communes of Beslé-sur-Vilaine and Guénouvry.

Its name comes from the Breton language: "gwen" (white), "menez" (hill, mountain), "pen" (head), and "faou" (beech tree). The main economic activity is agriculture.

Édith Cresson's doctoral thesis was on the demography of women in Guémené-Penfao.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. Schemla, Élisabeth (1993). Édith Cresson: la femme piégée (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-066840-0.