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Gâvres
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Gâvres (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance. The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.
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- Locality
- Gâvres
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 815
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Gâvres
- French commune.native name
- Gavr
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Gavres.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The beach at Gâvres
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Gâvres (Morbihan).svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 56062
- French commune.postal code
- 56680
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lorient
- French commune.canton
- Pluvigner
- French commune.mayor
- Christian Carton
- French commune.term
- 2024–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Lorient Agglomération
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 10
- French commune.area km2
- 1.88
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gâvres
- Population
- 696
- Area
- 1.88
- Elevation
- 4
- Official website
- www.gavres.fr
- Image
- Gavres.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gâvres
- postal code
- 56680
- male population
- 312
- female population
- 363
- P8168
- Kazuki Mine
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-97-82-46-55
- fax number
- +33-2-97-82-13-89
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Gâvres (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance. The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.
==Demographics== Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.
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