Guilers

Guilers Gwiler-Leon
Commune
The church of Saint-Valentin, in Guilers
Coat of arms
Location of Guilers
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Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 4°33′24″W / 48.4253°N 4.5567°W / 48.4253; -4.5567
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-4
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Ogor[1]
Area ^1	18.98 km^2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,221
• Density	433.1/km^2 (1,122/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.

Guilers (French pronunciation: [ɡilɛʁ]; Breton: Gwiler-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French Guilériens.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,200 —     1800 1,175 −0.30% 1806 1,184 +0.13% 1821 1,231 +0.26% 1831 1,281 +0.40% 1836 1,437 +2.32% 1841 1,451 +0.19% 1846 1,556 +1.41% 1851 1,667 +1.39% 1856 1,702 +0.42% 1861 1,751 +0.57% 1866 1,802 +0.58%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 1,734 −0.64% 1876 1,748 +0.20% 1881 1,594 −1.83% 1886 2,105 +5.72% 1891 1,910 −1.93% 1896 1,821 −0.95% 1901 1,917 +1.03% 1906 2,206 +2.85% 1911 2,188 −0.16% 1921 1,982 −0.98% 1926 1,996 +0.14% 1931 2,008 +0.12%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 2,053 +0.44% 1946 1,968 −0.42% 1954 2,161 +1.18% 1962 1,846 −1.95% 1968 1,879 +0.30% 1975 4,678 +13.92% 1982 6,686 +5.23% 1990 6,785 +0.18% 1999 6,956 +0.28% 2007 7,290 +0.59% 2012 7,703 +1.11% 2017 7,981 +0.71%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guilers, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. (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)