Canton of Gourin
| Canton of Gourin | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy |
| main place | Gourin |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 33,451 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 1,031.28 km² |
| Communities | 29 |
| INSEE code | 5602 |
 Location of the canton of Gourin in the Morbihan department |
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The canton Gourin (Breton canton Govrein ) is a French constituency in the arrondissement Pontivy , in the department of Morbihan and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Gourin .
history
The canton was founded on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, five municipalities belonged to the canton of Gourin. With the reorganization of the cantons in France in 2015, all communes of the previous cantons Cléguérec , Guémené-sur-Scorff and Le Faouët switched to the canton Gourin.
Communities
Canton of Gourin since 2015
The canton of Gourin comprises 29 municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berné | Berne | 1,531 | 34.77 | 56240 | 56014 |
| Cléguérec | Klegereg | 2,906 | 62.99 | 56480 | 56041 |
| Gourin | Govrein | 3,803 | 74.72 | 56110 | 56066 |
| Guémené-sur-Scorff | Ar Gemene | 1,061 | 1.17 | 56160 | 56073 |
| Guiscriff | Gwiskri | 2,088 | 85.46 | 56560 | 56081 |
| Kergrist | Kergrist | 723 | 29.66 | 56300 | 56093 |
| Kernascléden | Kernaskledenn | 398 | 9.26 | 56540 | 56264 |
| Langoëlan | Lanwelan | 380 | 22.27 | 56160 | 56099 |
| Langonnet | Langoned | 1,757 | 85.40 | 56630 | 56100 |
| Lanvénégen | Lannejenn | 1,165 | 29.42 | 56320 | 56105 |
| Le Croisty | Ar C'hroesti | 709 | 15.88 | 56540 | 56048 |
| Le Faouët | Ar Faoued | 2,803 | 34.03 | 56320 | 56057 |
| Le Saint | Ar Sent | 587 | 31.03 | 56110 | 56201 |
| Lignol | To Ignol | 853 | 38.43 | 56160 | 56110 |
| Locmalo | Lokmac'hloù | 904 | 23.91 | 56160 | 56113 |
| Malguénac | Malgeneg | 1,843 | 38.45 | 56300 | 56125 |
| Meslan | Mêlann | 1,424 | 37.13 | 56320 | 56131 |
| Neulliac | New product | 1,412 | 30.99 | 56300 | 56146 |
| Persquen | Persken | 1,946 | 19.96 | 56160 | 56156 |
| Ploërdut | Pleurdud | 1,216 | 75.83 | 56160 | 56163 |
| Plouray | Plourae | 1,121 | 39.09 | 56770 | 56170 |
| Priziac | Prizieg | 976 | 44.63 | 56320 | 56182 |
| Roudouallec | Roudoualleg | 710 | 24.82 | 56110 | 56199 |
| Saint-Aignan | Sant-Inan | 605 | 27.33 | 56480 | 56203 |
| Saint-Caradec-Trégomel | Sant-Karadeg-Tregonvael | 480 | 16.12 | 56540 | 56210 |
| Saint-Tugdual | Sant Tudal | 370 | 19.97 | 56540 | 56238 |
| Sainte-Brigitte | Berc'hed | 177 | 17.74 | 56480 | 56209 |
| Séglien | Seglian | 669 | 38.36 | 56160 | 56242 |
| Silfiac | Silieg | 434 | 22.46 | 56480 | 56245 |
| Canton of Gourin | Govrein | 33,451 | 1,031.28 | - | 5609 |
Canton of Gourin until 2015
Until the state-wide restructuring of the cantons in 2015, the canton of Gourin comprised five municipalities on an area of 255.06 km². These were: Gourin (main town), Langonnet , Plouray , Roudouallec and Le Saint .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,233 | 11,677 | 10,904 | 10,069 | 9,472 | 8,922 | 8,581 | 8,409 |