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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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Gâvres is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Port-Louis, the arrondissement of Lorient, and the Lorient Agglomeration in the Morbihan department. It shares borders with Plouhinec and Riantec. The area covers 1.88 square kilometers and has an elevation of 10 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 56680.
The population of Gâvres is recorded as 1,166, with 312 males and 363 females. Another source lists the population as 815. The official name is Gâvres, and it is associated with the canton of Pluvigner for electoral purposes. The local government can be reached via the official website or by phone at +33-2-97-82-46-55.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gâvres
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 815
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Gâvres
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lorient
- Population
- 696
- Area
- 1.88
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Plouhinec
- Official website
- www.gavres.fr
- Image
- Gavres.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gâvres
- postal code
- 56680
- associated electoral district
- canton of Pluvigner
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gâvres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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