Gâvres

{{short description|Commune in Brittany, France}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Gâvres

|native name = Gavr

|commune status = Commune

|image = Gavres.jpg

|caption = The beach at Gâvres

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Gâvres (Morbihan).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47.6897|-3.3542|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 56062

|postal code = 56680

|arrondissement = Lorient

|canton = Pluvigner

|mayor = Christian Carton{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=16 April 2024|language=fr}}

|term = 2024–2026

|intercommunality = Lorient Agglomération

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 10

|area km2 = 1.88

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Gâvres ({{IPA|fr|ɡavʁ}}; {{Langx|br|Gavr}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56062-gavres INSEE commune file] French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in {{cite web|author=Marie-France Aubry|title=L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres|website=Town of Gâvres Cap-Lorient|publisher=association Gâvres, Arts et Traditions|url=http://gavres.caplorient.fr/La-rubrique-de-Marie-F.6393.0.html|format=PDF}}. The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.