Ergué-Gabéric
An Erge-Vras
Coat of arms of Ergué-Gabéric
Location of Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric is located in France
Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric is located in Brittany
Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric
Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 4°01′15″W / 47.9969°N 4.0208°W / 47.9969; -4.0208
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonFouesnant
IntercommunalityQuimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Hervé Herry[1]
Area
1
39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
8,553
  Density210/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29051 /29500
Elevation4–410 m (13–1,345 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ergué-Gabéric (French pronunciation: [ɛʁge gabeʁik]; An Erge Vras in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river. The businessman and publisher Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was born in the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,612    
1800 1,781+1.43%
1806 1,813+0.30%
1821 1,873+0.22%
1831 2,012+0.72%
1836 2,025+0.13%
1841 2,042+0.17%
1846 2,097+0.53%
1851 2,158+0.58%
1856 2,263+0.95%
1861 2,255−0.07%
1866 2,286+0.27%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1872 2,190−0.71%
1876 2,358+1.86%
1881 2,319−0.33%
1886 2,580+2.16%
1891 2,637+0.44%
1896 2,529−0.83%
1901 2,642+0.88%
1906 2,737+0.71%
1911 2,828+0.66%
1921 2,690−0.50%
1926 2,792+0.75%
1931 2,684−0.79%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1936 2,602−0.62%
1946 2,583−0.07%
1954 2,610+0.13%
1962 2,584−0.13%
1968 2,821+1.47%
1975 3,950+4.93%
1982 5,679+5.32%
1990 6,517+1.74%
1999 6,925+0.68%
2007 7,577+1.13%
2012 8,140+1.44%
2017 8,208+0.17%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

International relations

It is twinned with Stratton, Cornwall.

Sights

The church of Saint Gwenhael has a 17th century organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint.[5]

Breton language

In 2008, 6.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[6]

Twinning

Ergue-Gaberic is twinned with Bude–Stratton in Cornwall, England.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ergué-Gabéric, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. Base Palissy: Orgue de tribune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
  7. Annuaire Mairie
  8. Complete France


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