Guilvinec

Guilvinec

Ar Gelveneg
Guilvinec Ar Gelveneg
Commune
	Fishing port
	Coat of arms
	Location of Guilvinec
	Guilvinec Guilvinec
	Coordinates: 47°47′46″N 4°16′57″W / 47.7961°N 4.2825°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Pont-l'Abbé
Intercommunality	Pays Bigouden Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Tanneau
Area 1	2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,682
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29072 /29730
Elevation	0–17 m (0–56 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guilvinec or Le Guilvinec (French pronunciation: [ɡilvinɛk]; Breton: Ar Gelveneg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The commune was created in 1880 from part of the commune Plomeur.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Guilvinec are called in French Guilvinistes.

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Guilvinec is an important fishing port.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 4 February 2006.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guilvinec, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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