La Guerche-de-Bretagne

Commune in Brittany, France

La Guerche-de-Bretagne Gwerc'h-Breizh (Breton)
Commune
The town hall of La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Coat of arms
Location of La Guerche-de-Bretagne
(2020–2026)		Élisabeth Guiheneux^[1]
Area ¹	11.53 km² (4.45 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	4,347
• Density	380/km² (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35125 /35130
Elevation	51–91 m (167–299 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Guerche-de-Bretagne (French pronunciation: [la ɡɛʁʃ də bʁətaɲ]; Breton: Gwerc'h-Breizh) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

The cellist Louis-Marie Pilet (1815–1877) was born in La Guerche-de-Bretagne.

Population

Inhabitants of La Guerche-de-Bretagne are called Guerchais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,422	—
1975	3,742	+1.29%
1982	4,055	+1.15%
1990	4,123	+0.21%
1999	4,095	−0.08%
2007	4,163	+0.21%
2012	4,273	+0.52%
2017	4,243	−0.14%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Guerche-de-Bretagne.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)