Guingamp

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Commune of Guingamp / Gwengamp
Location
Longitude	48.55°
Latitude	-3.15°
Administration
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Côtes-d'Armor (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Guingamp (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Guingamp
Mayor	Noël Le Graët
Statistics
Altitude	62 m–126 m (avg. 93 m)
Land area¹	3.41 km²
Population² (1999)	8,008
- Density (1999)	2.3/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	22070/ 22200
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Guingamp (Gwengamp in Breton) is a town and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département of Brittany, France. Population (1999): 8,008.

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Contents 1 Culture 2 Famous people 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] Culture

The Breton dance festival of Saint-Loup is held every year in mid-August.

Guingamp is home to En Avant Guingamp, a football team in Ligue 2, the second-highest league in French football.

[edit] Famous people

• Joseph Guy Ropartz, composer

[edit] See also

• En Avant Guingamp

[edit] External link

• Guingamp Tourist Office (in French)