Guissény

Guissény
Gwiseni

Guissény
Administration
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Lannilis
Intercommunality Pays de Lesneven et de la Côte des Légendes
Mayor Raphaël Rapin
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 0–77 m (0–253 ft)
Land area1 25.18 km2 (9.72 sq mi)
Population2 1,886  (2008)
 - Density 75 /km2 (190 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 29077/ 29880
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guissény (Breton: Gwiseni) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Population

Inhabitants of Guissény are called in French Guisséniens.

Historical population of Guissény
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 2368 2104 1948 1887 1850 1783 1886

Breton language

In 2009, 21.55% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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