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Guer (French pronunciation: ​[ɡɛʁ]; Breton: Gwern-Porc'hoed) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[3]

Guer Gwern-Porc'hoed
Commune
Saint Nicolas chapel near Guer
Coat of arms
Location of Guer
Guer Show map of France Guer Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 2°07′09″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Guer
Intercommunality	CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Bléher[1]
Area 1	52.11 km2 (20.12 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	6,091
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56075 /56380
Elevation	18–155 m (59–509 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is 43 km (27 mi) southwest from Rennes, the regional capital.

Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is located in Guer and comprises three military educational facilities:

• École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army officers through direct recruitment;
• École militaire interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers; and
• École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps).

Demographics

Inhabitants of Guer are called Guerrois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,757	—
1975	5,922	+0.40%
1982	5,657	−0.65%
1990	5,794	+0.30%
1999	5,560	−0.46%
2007	6,305	+1.58%
2012	6,327	+0.07%
2017	6,192	−0.43%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

• Media related to Guer at Wikimedia Commons
• 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)

На других языках

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- [en] Guer

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[ru] Гер (Морбиан)

Гер (фр. Guer) — коммуна на северо-западе Франции, находится в регионе Бретань, департамент Морбиан, округ Ван, центр кантона Гер. Расположена в 67 км к северо-востоку от Вана и в 45 км к юго-западу от Ренна, в 3 км от национальной автомагистрали N24. Коммуна расположена на окраине знаменитого леса Броселианд, места действия легенд о Круглом Столе короля Артура.

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