Guignen

Guignen
Guignen; Gwinien
	Commune
	The church in Guignen
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Guignen Location within Brittany region Guignen
	Coordinates: 47°55′16″N 1°51′38″W / 47.9211°N 1.8606°WCoordinates: 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	Canton of Guichen
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Joseph Letournel
Area1	53.05 km2 (20.48 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,369
• Density	64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guignen (Breton: Gwinien, Gallo: Ginyen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Viscounts of Guignen

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.

Inhabitants of Guignen are called Guignennais in French.

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