Guidel

Guidel Gwidel
Commune
The beach at Guidel, and the Laïta
Coat of arms
Guidel Location within Brittany region Guidel
Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W / 47.7914°N 3.4872°W / 47.7914; -3.4872Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W / 47.7914°N 3.4872°W / 47.7914; -3.4872
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	François Aubertin
Area1	52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	9,156
• Density	180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guidel (Breton: Gwidel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Guidel are called in French Guidélois.

Cemetery

The communal cemetery, containing 108 tombs from the World War II, has been listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.^[1] 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 March the 27th of 2007.

In 2008, there was 6,44% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[2]

See also

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

References

• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guidel.

• Official site (in French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Guidel (in French)