Guer
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| Commune of Guer | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 07' 09" W |
| Latitude | 47° 54' 17" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Vannes |
| Canton | Guer |
| Mayor | Jean-Luc Bleher (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 18 m–155 m (avg. 50 m) |
| Land area¹ | 52.11 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
5,560 |
| - Density (1999) | 106/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56075/ 56380 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Guer (Breton: Gwern-Porc'hoed) is a small town and commune of the Morbihan département, in France.
It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande/Brekilien Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is 43 km southwest from Rennes/Roazhon, the regional capital, and has about 8,000 inhabitants.
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