Guern

Guern

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Commune
	The town hall in Guern
	Location of Guern
	Guern Location within France Guern Location within Brittany
	Coordinates: 48°01′53″N 3°05′26″W / 48.0314°N 3.0906°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Pontivy
Intercommunality	Pontivy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Stéphanie L'Hostis-Le Diagon
Area 1	47.01 km2 (18.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation	188 m (617 ft)
Lowest elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population (2023)	1,411
• Density	30.01/km2 (77.74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56076 /56310
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guern (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁn]; Breton: Gwern) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Guern are called in French Guernates.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,500	—
1800	2,237	−1.58%
1806	3,058	+5.35%
1821	3,079	+0.05%
1831	3,386	+0.95%
1836	3,468	+0.48%
1841	3,327	−0.83%
1846	3,619	+1.70%
1851	3,564	−0.31%
1856	3,280	−1.65%
1861	3,229	−0.31%
1866	3,341	+0.68%
1872	2,654	−3.76%
1876	2,709	+0.51%
1881	2,734	+0.18%
1886	2,766	+0.23%
1891	2,746	−0.15%
1896	2,677	−0.51%
1901	2,787	+0.81%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,863	+0.54%
1911	2,714	−1.06%
1921	2,524	−0.72%
1926	2,575	+0.40%
1931	2,655	+0.61%
1936	2,466	−1.47%
1946	2,440	−0.11%
1954	2,144	−1.60%
1962	1,896	−1.52%
1968	1,670	−2.09%
1975	1,555	−1.01%
1982	1,534	−0.19%
1990	1,409	−1.06%
1999	1,398	−0.09%
2007	1,451	+0.47%
2012	1,368	−1.17%
2017	1,306	−0.92%
2023	1,411	+1.30%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Geography

The village centre is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Pontivy. The Sarre river flows through the village. The main settlements are the village centre, Quelven and Locmeltro. In the village of Quelven is the basilica Notre-Dame de Quelven.

Map

Topographic map

Gallery

Basilica Notre-Dame de Quelven
Chapel Saint Meldéoc of Locmeltro
Manor of Menorval
Column of Locmeltro

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guern, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE