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Guichen

Coordinates: 47°58′05″N 1°47′38″W / 47.9681°N 1.7939°W

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Guichen Gwizien
Commune
Church of Guichen
Coat of arms
Location of Guichen
Guichen Show map of France Guichen Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°58′05″N 1°47′38″W / 47.9681°N 1.7939°W / 47.9681; -1.7939
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Guichen
Intercommunality	Canton of Guichen
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Joël Sieller
Area ¹	42.99 km² (16.60 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]	8,995
• Density	210/km² (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35126 /35580
Elevation	7–107 m (23–351 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guichen (Breton: Gwizien, Gallo: Gischen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

History

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Population

Inhabitants of Guichen are called Guichenais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,868	—
1968	3,311	+15.4%
1975	4,431	+33.8%
1982	5,311	+19.9%
1990	5,891	+10.9%
1999	6,526	+10.8%
2008	7,316	+12.1%
2014	8,109	+10.8%

Image gallery

The Halles of Guichen.
Church of Pont-Réan.
The bridge of Pont-Réan.
The lock and mill of Boel.

See also

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

External links

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INSEE
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)
Official website (in French)
French Ministry of Culture list for Guichen (in French)

Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

^pref: prefecture
^subpr: subprefecture

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