Guilvinec

Commune in Brittany, France

Guilvinec Ar Gelveneg
Commune
Fishing port
Coat of arms
Location of Guilvinec
(2020–2026)		Jean-Luc Tanneau^[1]
Area ¹	2.46 km² (0.95 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,682
• Density	1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29072 /29730
Elevation	0–17 m (0–56 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guilvinec or Le Guilvinec (French pronunciation: [ɡilvinɛk]; Breton: Ar Gelveneg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The commune was created in 1880 from part of the commune Plomeur.^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Guilvinec are called in French Guilvinistes.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1881	1,968	—
1886	2,603	+5.75%
1891	2,939	+2.46%
1896	3,620	+4.26%
1901	3,884	+1.42%
1906	4,092	+1.05%
1911	4,429	+1.60%
1921	4,584	+0.34%
1926	4,715	+0.57%
1931	4,518	−0.85%
1936	4,522	+0.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1946	4,741	+0.47%
1954	4,804	+0.17%
1962	5,037	+0.59%
1968	5,012	−0.08%
1975	4,604	−1.21%
1982	4,091	−1.67%
1990	3,365	−2.41%
1999	3,042	−1.11%
2007	3,051	+0.04%
2012	2,938	−0.75%
2017	2,658	−1.98%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Economy

Guilvinec is an important fishing port.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 4 February 2006.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guilvinec, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guilvinec.

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)