Guilers

Guilers
Gwiler-Leon

The church of Saint-Valentin, in Guilers

Coat of arms
Guilers

Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 4°33′24″W / 48.4253°N 4.5567°W / 48.4253; -4.5567Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 4°33′24″W / 48.4253°N 4.5567°W / 48.4253; -4.5567
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Brest-Cavale-Blanche-Bohars-Guilers
Intercommunality Brest Métropole Océane
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Pierre Ogor
Area1 18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 7,350
  Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 29069 / 29820
Elevation 0–96 m (0–315 ft)

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.

Guilers (Breton: Gwiler-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French Guilériens.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,200    
1800 1,175−2.1%
1806 1,184+0.8%
1821 1,231+4.0%
1831 1,281+4.1%
1836 1,437+12.2%
1841 1,451+1.0%
1846 1,556+7.2%
1851 1,667+7.1%
1856 1,702+2.1%
1861 1,751+2.9%
1866 1,802+2.9%
1872 1,734−3.8%
1876 1,748+0.8%
1881 1,594−8.8%
1886 2,105+32.1%
1891 1,910−9.3%
1896 1,821−4.7%
1901 1,917+5.3%
1906 2,206+15.1%
1911 2,188−0.8%
1921 1,982−9.4%
1926 1,996+0.7%
1931 2,008+0.6%
1936 2,053+2.2%
1946 1,968−4.1%
1954 2,161+9.8%
1962 1,846−14.6%
1968 1,879+1.8%
1975 4,678+149.0%
1982 6,686+42.9%
1990 6,785+1.5%
1999 6,948+2.4%
2008 7,350+5.8%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]

See also

References

  1. (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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