Guilvinec
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Guilvinec Ar Gelveneg |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Pont-l'Abbé | |
| Community association | Pays Bigouden Sud | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 48 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W | |
| height | 0-17 m | |
| surface | 2.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,658 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,080 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29730 | |
| INSEE code | 29072 | |
| Website | http://www.leguilvinec.com/ | |
 Guilvinec harbor |
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Guilvinec ( Breton Ar Gelveneg ) is a French commune in the Finistère département with 2,658 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is located in the southwest of Brittany on the Atlantic coast . Quimper is 25 kilometers north, Brest 67 kilometers north and Paris about 500 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 5037 | 5012 | 4604 | 4091 | 3365 | 3042 | 2945 | 2658 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Guilvinec
- Church of Sainte Anne: the steeple of the relatively unadorned church of Sainte Anne of Guilvinec was never completely built due to lack of money; inside there is a wooden statue and tapestry of a friend of Picasso's
- HaliOtika, a special kind of fish museum; In addition to the presentation of various fishing techniques and an explanation of the historical life of the fishermen of Guilvenec, the visitor has access to the daily fish auction
- Lycée Professional Maritime de Guilvinec with adjoining boarding school: the high school, built in 1990, is a state-supported training and further education facility for professions related to the sea, such as sea fishing, trade or the navy
- Marin (TI AR MARTOLOD): historic former fisherman's home, now a municipal museum and library
- Manoir de Kergoz : from the ruined manor house from the 16th century, the mighty pigeon tower in particular has been preserved.
- late Gothic chapel of St-Tremeur
- Lighthouse / Phare du Môle that has been in operation since 1922
- Ship cemetery: some ship hulls from 1920 and 1935 are decaying here and have been a valued subject for photographers for many years
- Numerous monotholitic stone crosses
- Work by the French artist Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) from 1983; Motif: Le Phare de Guilvinec
Saint-Trémeur Chapel by Guilvinec
Phare du Môle of Guilvinec
Manoir de Kergoz with the pigeon house in the background
Les Etocs rock islands in front of Guilvinec
Dolmen simple - photo from 1905
Menhir of Lanvar in Guilvinec
Lycée Professional Maritime de Guilvinec
Ship graveyard in Guilvinec
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Economy and Infrastructure
The Guilvinec economy is shaped by fishing. One of the most important fishing ports in Brittany is located here. After Boulogne-sur-Mer , the largest amount of fish caught was sold here in 2011 (17,985 t), the value of which far exceeded that of the fish sold in other Breton ports (65,825,000 euros).
At Quimper, the next exit is on the expressway E 60 / N 165 (Brest– Nantes ) and a regional train station is on the mostly parallel railway line.
Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris. The nearest regional airports are Lorient Bretagne Sud Airport near Lorient and Brest Airport near Brest.
Community partnerships
Sévrier in the French department of Haute-Savoie has been Guilvinec's partner municipality since 2004 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 497-502.
- Agathe Trebern: Le Guilvinec et son canton. Alan Sutton Publisher, 2001, ISBN 2-84253-593-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sights of the municipality of Guilvinec ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2013 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.
- ↑ Haliotika Environment Museum of Guilvinec
- ↑ PDF at www.franceagrimer.fr
