Gouesnou

Gouesnou Gouenoù
Commune
The church in Gouesnou
Coat of arms
Location of Gouesnou
Gouesnou Gouesnou
Coordinates: 48°27′16″N 4°27′48″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-4
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Stéphane Roudaut
Area 1	12.08 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,347
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29061 /29850
Elevation	58–103 m (190–338 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gouesnou (Breton: Gouenoù) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

International relations

Gouesnou is a satellite town of Brest. Gouesnou is twinned with the town of Brecon in Powys, south Wales enabling cultural exchanges to take place between these two Celtic regions.

Geography

The Penfeld River takes its source in this commune.

Population

Inhabitants of Gouesnou are known in French as Gouesnousiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,153 —     1800 1,191 +3.3% 1806 1,327 +11.4% 1821 1,264 −4.7% 1831 1,525 +20.6% 1836 1,597 +4.7% 1841 1,515 −5.1% 1846 1,509 −0.4% 1851 1,514 +0.3% 1856 1,454 −4.0% 1861 1,425 −2.0% 1866 1,479 +3.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,494 +1.0% 1876 1,478 −1.1% 1881 1,474 −0.3% 1886 1,417 −3.9% 1891 1,462 +3.2% 1896 1,511 +3.4% 1901 1,390 −8.0% 1906 1,394 +0.3% 1911 1,424 +2.2% 1921 1,411 −0.9% 1926 1,382 −2.1% 1931 1,305 −5.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 1,316 +0.8% 1946 1,528 +16.1% 1954 1,829 +19.7% 1962 2,141 +17.1% 1968 2,543 +18.8% 1975 3,040 +19.5% 1982 4,061 +33.6% 1990 5,417 +33.4% 1999 6,041 +11.5% 2008 6,317 +4.6%

Breton language

In 2008, 8.32% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)