Guipavas
Sign in to saveGuipavas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.
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Place details
- Locality
- Guipavas
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 13,755
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Guipavas
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Guipavas vue ouest.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Guipavas, seen from West
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Guipavas (Finistère).svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 29075
- French commune.postal code
- 29490
- French commune.arrondissement
- Brest
- French commune.canton
- Guipavas
- French commune.mayor
- Fabrice Jacob
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Brest Métropole
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Guipavas
- Demonym
- Guipavasiennes
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Metropolitan Brest
- Population
- +15538
- Area
- +44.13
- Elevation
- +81
- Shares border with
- Saint-Divy
- Official website
- guipavas.bzh
- Image
- Guipavas vue ouest.jpg
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- Population
- Breton language
- See also
- References
- External links
Guipavas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.
The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.