Gouesnou

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Commune in Brittany, France

Gouesnou Gouenoù
Commune
The church in Gouesnou
Coat of arms
Location of Gouesnou
(2020–2026)		Stéphane Roudaut^[1]
Area ¹	12.08 km² (4.66 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,347
• Density	530/km² (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29061 /29850
Elevation	58–103 m (190–338 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gouesnou (French pronunciation: [ɡwenu]; Breton: Gouenoù) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

International relations

Gouesnou is a satellite town of Brest. Gouesnou is twinned with the town of Brecon in Powys, mid Wales enabling cultural exchanges to take place between these two Celtic regions.^[3]

Geography

The Penfeld River takes its source in this commune.

Population

Inhabitants of Gouesnou are known in French as Gouesnousiens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,153	—
1800	1,191	+0.46%
1806	1,327	+1.82%
1821	1,264	−0.32%
1831	1,525	+1.89%
1836	1,597	+0.93%
1841	1,515	−1.05%
1846	1,509	−0.08%
1851	1,514	+0.07%
1856	1,454	−0.81%
1861	1,425	−0.40%
1866	1,479	+0.75%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1872	1,494	+0.17%
1876	1,478	−0.27%
1881	1,474	−0.05%
1886	1,417	−0.79%
1891	1,462	+0.63%
1896	1,511	+0.66%
1901	1,390	−1.66%
1906	1,394	+0.06%
1911	1,424	+0.43%
1921	1,411	−0.09%
1926	1,382	−0.41%
1931	1,305	−1.14%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1936	1,316	+0.17%
1946	1,528	+1.50%
1954	1,829	+2.27%
1962	2,141	+1.99%
1968	2,543	+2.91%
1975	3,040	+2.58%
1982	4,061	+4.22%
1990	5,417	+3.67%
1999	6,042	+1.22%
2007	6,228	+0.38%
2012	5,982	−0.80%
2017	6,116	+0.44%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Breton language

In 2008, 8.32% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gouesnou, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gouesnou.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)