Canton of Guidel
| Canton of Guidel | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| main place | Guidel |
| Establishment date | March 22, 2015 |
| Residents | 41,464 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 99 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 420.22 km² |
| Communities | 11 |
| INSEE code | 5605 |
 Location of the canton of Guidel in the Morbihan department |
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The canton Guidel (Breton canton Gwidel ) is a French administrative unit in the arrondissement of Lorient , in the department of Morbihan and in the region of Brittany . Its main town is Guidel .
location
The canton of Guidel is located in the central south of the Morbihan department.
history
The canton was created on March 22, 2015 due to the reorganization of the cantons in France. All six municipalities of the former canton of Plouay , four of six municipalities in the canton of Pont-Scorff and the municipality of Inzinzac-Lochrist from the canton of Hennebont form the new administrative unit.
Communities
The canton of Guidel comprises eleven municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubry | Bubri | 2,374 | 69.09 | 56310 | 56026 |
| Calan | Kalann | 1,206 | 12.29 | 56240 | 56029 |
| Cléguer | Kleger | 3,323 | 32.15 | 56620 | 56040 |
| Gestel | Yestael | 2,684 | 6.25 | 56830 | 56063 |
| Guidel | Gwidel | 11,550 | 52.29 | 56520 | 56078 |
| Inguiniel | To Ignel | 2.158 | 51.40 | 56240 | 56089 |
| Inzinzac-Lochrist | Zinzag-Lokrist | 6,526 | 44.67 | 56650 | 56090 |
| Lanvaudan | Lanvodan | 798 | 18.30 | 56240 | 56104 |
| Plouay | Ploue | 5,670 | 67.33 | 56240 | 56166 |
| Pont-Scorff | Pont-Skorf | 3,744 | 23.50 | 56620 | 56179 |
| Quistinic | Kistinid | 1,431 | 42.95 | 56310 | 56188 |
| Canton of Guidel | Gwidel | 41,464 | 420.22 | - | 5605 |