Guipavas

Guipavas

*Gwipavaz* (Breton)
Guipavas Gwipavaz (Breton)
Commune
	Guipavas, seen from West
	Coat of arms
	Location of Guipavas
	Guipavas Location within France Guipavas Location within Brittany
	Coordinates: 48°26′03″N 4°23′58″W / 48.4342°N 4.3994°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Guipavas
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Jacob
Area 1	44.13 km2 (17.04 sq mi)
Highest elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2023)	15,538
• Density	352.1/km2 (911.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29075 /29490
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guipavas (French pronunciation: [ɡipava]; Breton: Gwipavaz) 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French Guipavasiens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,905	—
1800	3,547	+2.89%
1806	3,845	+1.35%
1821	5,688	+2.64%
1831	5,332	−0.64%
1836	5,108	−0.85%
1841	5,312	+0.79%
1846	5,520	+0.77%
1851	6,047	+1.84%
1856	6,042	−0.02%
1861	6,356	+1.02%
1866	6,356	+0.00%
1872	6,641	+0.73%
1876	6,802	+0.60%
1881	7,077	+0.80%
1886	7,247	+0.48%
1891	8,339	+2.85%
1896	5,174	−9.10%
1901	5,221	+0.18%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,238	+0.07%
1911	5,061	−0.69%
1921	5,002	−0.12%
1926	4,624	−1.56%
1931	4,562	−0.27%
1936	4,894	+1.41%
1946	5,532	+1.23%
1954	6,105	+1.24%
1962	6,610	+1.00%
1968	7,346	+1.78%
1975	8,959	+2.88%
1982	10,425	+2.19%
1990	11,956	+1.73%
1999	12,584	+0.57%
2007	13,855	+1.21%
2012	13,586	−0.39%
2017	14,482	+1.29%
2023	15,538	+1.18%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Breton language

In 2023, 6.1% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guipavas, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue