Guern

Guern ; Gwern
region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Pontivy
Community association	Pontivy Communauté
Coordinates	48 ° 2 ′ N , 3 ° 5 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ N , 3 ° 5 ′ W
height	67-188 m
surface	47.01 km 2
Residents	1,306 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	56310
INSEE code	56076
Website	http://guern.free.fr/accueil.html

Guern ( Breton : Gwern ) is a French municipality with 1306 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the community association Pontivy Communauté .

geography

Guern is located in the north of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Pays de Pontivy.

Neighboring communities are Séglien in the north, Malguénac in the northeast, Le Sourn in the east, Pluméliau-Bieuzy with Bieuzy in the southeast, Melrand in the south, Bubry in the southwest and Locmalo in the northwest.

The place is a bit away from roads for national traffic. The most important road connection is the D700 / D768 (formerly Route nationale 168 ), which passes more than ten kilometers east of the municipality. The D1 runs through the town itself from Roudouallec to Péaule , a road connection across the entire Morbihan department.

The most important body of water is the Sarre River , which flows through the western part of the municipality.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Residents	1,896	1,670	1,555	1,534	1,409	1,398	1,445

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Breton region of Bro Gwened (French: Vannetais) and within this region to the Bro Pondi (French: Pays de Pontivy) area and shares its history. From 1793 until its dissolution in 1801, Guern belonged to the canton of Melrand. Since then, the place has been assigned to the canton of Pontivy.

Attractions

Village church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul from 1788 with cult objects from the previous church from the 15th century
Chapel of Our Lady of Quelven from the 15th century with root Jesse window and Christopher window
Chapel Saint-Jean from the 17th century (partly 1585) in the town of the same name
other old chapels ( Saint-Meldéoc in Locmeltro, Saint-Salomon in Saint-Salomon and Saint-Georges in Boderel)
Ménorval mansion from 1558 in Mané-er-Val
House of the devil from the 17th century in Locmeltro
Chaumière (thatched house) from 1639
Scala Sancta from the 18th century
Fountain of Quelven
old oven Four banal from the 16th century in Saint-Jean
thirteen old mills (windmill in Kerdisson and water mills in Kerali, Kerhiec, Pont de Quelven, Quillio, Guermeur, Stand Du, Niziau, Spiric, Saint-Jean, Henven, Le Pontou)
Devil menhir by Kerhiec
Remains of the Roman road Vannes-Carhaix
40 km long way of the cross