Guer
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Vannes | |
| Canton | Guer (main town) | |
| Community association | De l'Oust à Brocéliande Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 2 ° 7 ′ W | |
| height | 18–155 m | |
| surface | 52.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,192 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 119 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56380 | |
| INSEE code | 56075 | |
| Website | www.ville-guer.fr | |
Guer is a French town with 6192 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . The Breton name of the municipality is Gwer-Porc'hoed .
geography
Guer is 41 kilometers southwest of Rennes and seven kilometers north of the Forêt de la Bourdonnaie (Forest of Bourdonnaie). The Aff and Oyon rivers cross the municipal area. The city is located at the intersection of the D772 and D773 département roads.
history
In Gallo-Roman times, Guer was at the crossroads of important Roman roads . One road ran from Angers ( Juliomagus ) to Carhaix ( Vorgium ), one from Rieux ( Duretia ) to Corseul ( Fanum Martis ) and one from Vannes ( Dariorigum ) to Rennes ( Condate ).
Guer is mentioned for the first time in the 9th century as Plebs Wern . Wern or vern is the Gallic word for " alder forest " ( French: aulnaie).
Part of the village is the village Coëtquidan in which since 1945 the Military School of Saint-Cyr is located.
Town twinning
There is a city partnership with the Italian city of Gravedona .
Culture and sights
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Guer
- In the hamlet of La Ville Boscher , which belongs to Guer, there is a gallery grave from prehistoric times, which is also made of slate.
- The Chomet de Coëplan is a menhir in the forest west of Guer.
- The Saint-Etienne chapel dates from the Carolingian era and was built with materials and perhaps on foundations from the Gallo-Roman period. One of its windows was enlarged in 1631. The building is dated to the 9th century and has been classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) since 1971 .
Museums
The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Memorial Museum ( Musée du Souvenir des écoles militaires de Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan ) in the Saint-Cyr Military School shows collections that document the history of officers from the end of the Ancien Regime to our days.
The Agricultural Machinery Museum ( Musée Agri-Auto ) is located in Guer town center. It shows over 500 machines and tools as well as 15 vehicles that document the history of agriculture from 1850 to the present day. It is open on Sundays from May to November.
economy
Important occupations of the Guérois are the breeding of cattle, pigs, horses and mink . There is a cider that can also be visited. Guer had a train station on the former Châteaubriant – Ploërmel line .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 399-408.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Guer on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ↑ a b Pays de Guer ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ↑ Les Voies romaines en Ille-et-Vilaine ( Memento of the original of June 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ↑ Histoire on ville-guer.fr (French) Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Guer et les écoles militaires de St Cyr on ville-guer.fr (French). Accessed March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Guer in Base Merimée (French). Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ↑ Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Memorial Museum.Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ↑ Guer on manageo.fr in French.
- ↑ Cidrerie De Guer-Coetquidan on fr.nomao.com ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in French.
