Guémené-Penfao

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Guémené-Penfao

Coat of arms of Guémené-Penfao
Guémené-Penfao is located in France
Guémené-Penfao
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant
Canton Guémené-Penfao
Intercommunality Pays de Redon
Mayor Yannick Bigaud
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 2–83 m (6.6–272 ft)
Land area1 105.51 km2 (40.74 sq mi)
Population2 4,876  (2006)
 - Density 46 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 44067/ 44290
Website http://www.mairie-guemene-penfao.fr/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 47°37′51″N 1°49′53″W / 47.6308°N 1.8314°W / 47.6308; -1.8314

Guémené-Penfao is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The name comes from Breton language "gwen" (white) "menez" (hill, mountain), "pen" (head) and "faou" (beech tree). The main economic activity is agriculture.

Edith Cresson's doctoral thesis was on the demography of women in Guémené-Penfao.[1]

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  1. ^ Schemla, Élisabeth (1993). Édith Cresson: la femme piégée (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-066840-0.