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Guignen
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 The church in Guignen | |
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 Location of Guignen | |
  Guignen Location within France  Guignen Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 47°55′16″N 1°51′38″W / 47.9211°N 1.8606°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Redon |
| Canton | Guichen |
| Intercommunality | Vallons de Haute-Bretagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Evelyne Lefeuvre[1] |
Area 1 | 53.05 km2 (20.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,175 |
| • Density | 78.70/km2 (203.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35127 /35580 |
| Elevation | 21–122 m (69–400 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guignen (French pronunciation: [ɡiɲɛ̃]; Breton: Gwinien; Gallo: Ginyen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Viscounts of Guignen
[edit]The title of Viscount of Guignen had been the property of the House of Rohan since the 15th century. It was passed through to the Princes of Condé, members of the House of Bourbon by a marriage between Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé to Charlotte de Rohan who was created Viscountess in 1745. At her death in 1760, it became one of the subsidiary titles of the Condé's being confiscated during the revolution.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Guignen are called Guignennais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,713 | — |
| 1975 | 1,780 | +0.55% |
| 1982 | 1,933 | +1.18% |
| 1990 | 2,146 | +1.32% |
| 1999 | 2,424 | +1.36% |
| 2007 | 3,089 | +3.08% |
| 2012 | 3,551 | +2.83% |
| 2017 | 3,902 | +1.90% |
| 2023 | 4,175 | +1.13% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guignen.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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