Guémené-Penfao

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Guémené-Penfao

|native name = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Gemenae}} (Gallo)
{{native name|br|Gwenvenez-Penfaou}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Guemene-Penfao - Eglise.JPG

|caption = The church in Guémené-Penfao

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Guémené-Penfao (Loire-Atlantique).svg

|arrondissement = Châteaubriant-Ancenis

|canton = Guémené-Penfao

|INSEE = 44067

|postal code = 44290

|mayor = Isabelle Barathon-Bazelle{{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=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Redon Agglomération

|coordinates = {{coord|47.6308|-1.8314|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 2

|elevation max m = 83

|area km2 = 105.51

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

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

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

}}

Guémené-Penfao ({{IPA|fr|ɡemne pɛ̃fo|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pom445-Guémené-Penfao.wav}}; Gallo: Gemenae, {{langx|br|Gwenvenez-Penfaou}}) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, north of Nantes. The commune is widespread and includes the former communes of Beslé-sur-Vilaine and Guénouvry.

Its name comes from the Breton language: "gwen" (white), "menez" (hill, mountain), "pen" (head), and "faou" (beech tree). The main economic activity is agriculture.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|16328|Guémené-Penfao}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-44067#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |3383

|1800 |3585

|1806 |3436

|1821 |3634

|1831 |3798

|1841 |4013

|1846 |4328

|1851 |4630

|1856 |4679

|1861 |4977

|1866 |5637

|1872 |5923

|1876 |6167

|1881 |6566

|1886 |6766

|1891 |6812

|1896 |6765

|1901 |6738

|1906 |6762

|1911 |6497

|1921 |5982

|1926 |5922

|1931 |5697

|1936 |5608

|1946 |5527

|1954 |5331

|1962 |5189

|1968 |4977

|1975 |4590

|1982 |4476

|1990 |4464

|1999 |4572

|2007 |4920

|2012 |5209

|2017 |5200

}}

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Loire-Atlantique

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