Guilers

Guilers (Breton: Gwiler-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Guilers Gwiler-Leon
Commune
The church of Saint-Valentin, in Guilers
Coat of arms
Location of Guilers
Guilers Guilers
Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 4°33′24″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-4
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Ogor
Area ^1	18.98 km^2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,981
• Density	420/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29069 /29820
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French Guilériens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,200 —     1800 1,175 −2.1% 1806 1,184 +0.8% 1821 1,231 +4.0% 1831 1,281 +4.1% 1836 1,437 +12.2% 1841 1,451 +1.0% 1846 1,556 +7.2% 1851 1,667 +7.1% 1856 1,702 +2.1% 1861 1,751 +2.9% 1866 1,802 +2.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,734 −3.8% 1876 1,748 +0.8% 1881 1,594 −8.8% 1886 2,105 +32.1% 1891 1,910 −9.3% 1896 1,821 −4.7% 1901 1,917 +5.3% 1906 2,206 +15.1% 1911 2,188 −0.8% 1921 1,982 −9.4% 1926 1,996 +0.7% 1931 2,008 +0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 2,053 +2.2% 1946 1,968 −4.1% 1954 2,161 +9.8% 1962 1,846 −14.6% 1968 1,879 +1.8% 1975 4,678 +149.0% 1982 6,686 +42.9% 1990 6,785 +1.5% 1999 6,948 +2.4% 2008 7,350 +5.8%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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)