Guipavas

Guipavas (French pronunciation: [ɡipava]; Breton: Gwipavaz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.

Guipavas Gwipavaz
Commune
Guipavas, seen from West
Coat of arms
Location of Guipavas
Guipavas Show map of France Guipavas Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°26′03″N 4°23′58″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Guipavas
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Jacob[1]
Area 1	44.13 km2 (17.04 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	15,401
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29075 /29490
Elevation	0–131 m (0–430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.

Population

Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French Guipavasiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,905 —     1800 3,547 +2.89% 1806 3,845 +1.35% 1821 5,688 +2.64% 1831 5,332 −0.64% 1836 5,108 −0.85% 1841 5,312 +0.79% 1846 5,520 +0.77% 1851 6,047 +1.84% 1856 6,042 −0.02% 1861 6,356 +1.02% 1866 6,356 +0.00% 1872 6,641 +0.73% 1876 6,802 +0.60% 1881 7,077 +0.80% 1886 7,247 +0.48% 1891 8,339 +2.85% 1896 5,174 −9.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,221 +0.18% 1906 5,238 +0.07% 1911 5,061 −0.69% 1921 5,002 −0.12% 1926 4,624 −1.56% 1931 4,562 −0.27% 1936 4,894 +1.41% 1946 5,532 +1.23% 1954 6,105 +1.24% 1962 6,610 +1.00% 1968 7,346 +1.78% 1975 8,959 +2.88% 1982 10,425 +2.19% 1990 11,956 +1.73% 1999 12,584 +0.57% 2007 13,855 +1.21% 2012 13,586 −0.39% 2017 14,482 +1.29%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

• In 2023, 6.1% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[5]

See also

• Brest Bretagne Airport
• Communes of the Finistère department
• Yann Larhantec
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent