Guilvinec

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Guilvinec

|native name = Ar Gelveneg

|commune status = Commune

|image = Leguilvinec.jpg

|caption = Fishing port

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Le Guilvinec (Finistère).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47.7961|-4.2825|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 29072

|postal code = 29730

|arrondissement = Quimper

|canton = Pont-l'Abbé

|mayor = Jean-Luc Tanneau{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Pays Bigouden Sud

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 17

|area km2 = 2.46

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

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

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

}}

Guilvinec or Le Guilvinec ({{IPA|fr|ɡilvinɛk}}; {{Langx|br|Ar Gelveneg}}) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The commune was created in 1880 from part of the commune Plomeur.

Population

Inhabitants of Guilvinec are called in French Guilvinistes.

{{Historical populations

| align = none

| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|16444|Guilvinec}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29072#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1881 |1968

|1886 |2603

|1891 |2939

|1896 |3620

|1901 |3884

|1906 |4092

|1911 |4429

|1921 |4584

|1926 |4715

|1931 |4518

|1936 |4522

|1946 |4741

|1954 |4804

|1962 |5037

|1968 |5012

|1975 |4604

|1982 |4091

|1990 |3365

|1999 |3042

|2007 |3051

|2012 |2938

|2017 |2658

}}

Economy

Guilvinec is an important fishing port.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 4 February 2006.

See also

References

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