Guidel

Guidel Gwidel
Commune
The beach at Guidel, and the Laïta
Coat of arms
Location of Guidel
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Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Daniel
Area 1	52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	12,338
• Density	236.0/km2 (611.1/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. Inhabitants of Guidel are called in French Guidélois.

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,367 —     1975 4,163 +3.08% 1982 6,071 +5.54% 1990 8,241 +3.89% 1999 9,156 +1.18% 2007 9,973 +1.07% 2012 10,279 +0.61% 2017 11,550 +2.36% 2023 12,338 +1.11% Source: INSEE

Cemetery

The communal cemetery, containing 108 tombs from the World War II, has been listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 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 27 March 2007.

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

Ponds of Petit and Grand Loc'h

See also

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

External links

• 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)