Guern

Guern

Gwern
Guern Gwern
Commune
	The town hall in Guern
	Location of Guern
	Guern Guern
	Coordinates: 48°01′53″N 3°05′26″W / 48.0314°N 3.0906°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Pontivy
Intercommunality	Pontivy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Stéphanie L'Hostis-Le Diagon
Area 1	47.01 km2 (18.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,347
• Density	29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56076 /56310
Elevation	67–188 m (220–617 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guern (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁn]; Breton: Gwern) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Guern are called in French Guernates.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,500	—
1800	2,237	−1.58%
1806	3,058	+5.35%
1821	3,079	+0.05%
1831	3,386	+0.95%
1836	3,468	+0.48%
1841	3,327	−0.83%
1846	3,619	+1.70%
1851	3,564	−0.31%
1856	3,280	−1.65%
1861	3,229	−0.31%
1866	3,341	+0.68%
1872	2,654	−3.76%
1876	2,709	+0.51%
1881	2,734	+0.18%
1886	2,766	+0.23%
1891	2,746	−0.15%
1896	2,677	−0.51%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,787	+0.81%
1906	2,863	+0.54%
1911	2,714	−1.06%
1921	2,524	−0.72%
1926	2,575	+0.40%
1931	2,655	+0.61%
1936	2,466	−1.47%
1946	2,440	−0.11%
1954	2,144	−1.60%
1962	1,896	−1.52%
1968	1,670	−2.09%
1975	1,555	−1.01%
1982	1,534	−0.19%
1990	1,409	−1.06%
1999	1,398	−0.09%
2009	1,448	+0.35%
2014	1,362	−1.22%
2020	1,314	−0.60%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[5]

Geography

The village centre is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Pontivy. The Sarre river flows through the village. The main settlements are the village centre, Quelven and Locmeltro. In the village of Quelven is the basilica Notre-Dame de Quelven.