Gâvres
Appearance
Gâvres
Gavr | |
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![]() The beach at Gâvres | |
Coordinates: 47°41′23″N 3°21′15″W / 47.6897°N 3.3542°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Pluvigner |
Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008—2014) | Dominique Le Vouëdec |
Area 1 | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 680 |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56062 /56680 |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–33 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Gâvres (Breton: Gavr) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.[2] The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ See the governmental directions of June, 22 1829, quoted in Marie-France Aubry. "L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres" (PDF).
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- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
- INSEE commune file
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gâvres.
- French Ministry of Culture list for Gâvres (in French)