Gouesnou
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Gouesnou Gouenoù |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Brest-4 | |
| Community association | Brest metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ′ N , 4 ° 28 ′ W | |
| height | 58-103 m | |
| surface | 12.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,116 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 506 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29850 | |
| INSEE code | 29061 | |
| Website | http://www.gouesnou.fr/ (fr.) | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Gouesnou ( Breton Gouenoù ) is a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany with 6116 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Brest , the canton of Brest-4 and the Brest Métropole municipal association .
geography
The municipality is located in western Brittany in the greater Brest area on the banks of the Penfeld river . Both the city center of Brest and the Rade de Brest are only a few kilometers southwest, the Atlantic coast at the beginning of the English Channel about 18 kilometers north.
Transport links
The closest exits to the motorway-like expressways E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) are only a few kilometers south of the municipality on the northeastern outskirts of Brest, where they meet. The routes départementales D13 to Plouguerneau and D788 towards Lesneven , which start from here, lead west and east past the town center.
The Gare de Brest train station is the TGV Atlantique station and regional train station in the TER Bretagne network and Brest Airport is located immediately south of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2141 | 2543 | 3040 | 4061 | 5417 | 6042 | 6137 | 6116 |
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Penguerec massacre
On August 4, 1944, while awaiting the immediate liberation by the US Army , local maquisards attacked a Wehrmacht observation group on the church tower of Gouesnou. A German naval anti-aircraft unit hurried to help from Brest arrested all the men, women and children they could find, took them to Penguerec, shot them in the so-called Penguerec massacre and burned most of the bodies.
Attractions
The church from the 17th century and the ruins of the Château de Mesléan from the 16th and 17th centuries are listed as historical monument by the Ministry of Culture as objects of cultural and historical importance .
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Gouesnou
Personalities
- Virginie Cueff (* 1988), track cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 112-115.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gouesnou / Penguerec on gedenkorte-europa.eu, the homepage of Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945 , accessed June 16, 2015
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved July 21, 2011 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved July 21, 2011 (French).