Guer

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

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

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Guer

|native name = Gwern-Porc'hoed

|commune status = Commune

|image = Saint Nicolas Guer.JPG

|caption = Saint Nicolas chapel near Guer

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

|coordinates = {{coord|47.9047|-2.1192|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Vannes

|canton = Guer

|INSEE = 56075

|postal code = 56380

|mayor = Jean-Luc Bléher{{cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/content/download/45068/325032/file/Maires%20du%20Morbihan%202020%20-%20250.pdf|title=Maires du Morbihan|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Préfecture du Morbihan}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC de l'Oust à Brocéliande

|elevation m = 50

|elevation min m = 18

|elevation max m = 155

|area km2 = 52.11

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

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

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

}}

Guer ({{IPA|fr|ɡɛʁ}}; {{Langx|br|Gwern-Porc'hoed}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56075-guer INSEE commune file]

It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is {{convert|43|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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).