Gourhel
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Gourhel Górhaèu |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Ploërmel | |
| Community association | Ploërmel Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 56 ′ N , 2 ° 22 ′ W | |
| height | 62-101 m | |
| surface | 2.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 702 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 248 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56800 | |
| INSEE code | 56065 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Gourhel |
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Gourhel ( Gallo Górhaèu , Breton Gourhael ) is a French municipality with 702 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Gourhel is about 43 kilometers northeast of Vannes in the northeast of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Ploërmel Communauté community .
Neighboring communities are Campénéac in the east and Ploërmel in the south, west and north.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1846 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 200 | 222 | 156 | 157 | 177 | 257 | 366 | 418 | 402 | 496 | 623 |
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language
In the early Middle Ages the area was settled by Bretons and their colloquial language was everyday language. During the second wave of retreat of the Breton language in the late Middle Ages (between 1200 and 1500), the language changed to Gallo . This dialect of French has now almost died out and the population now speaks French.
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Gourhel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 656.
