Guiscriff
Guiscriff
Gwiskri | |
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 The parish church in Guiscriff | |
 Location of Guiscriff | |
  Guiscriff Location within France  Guiscriff Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 48°03′02″N 3°38′39″W / 48.0506°N 3.6442°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy |
| Canton | Gourin |
| Intercommunality | Roi Morvan Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Renée Courtel |
Area 1 | 85.46 km2 (33.00 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 237 m (778 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 2,037 |
| • Density | 23.84/km2 (61.73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56081 /56560 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guiscriff (French pronunciation: [ɡiskʁif]; Breton: Gwiskri) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Guiscriff are called Guiscrivites. Guiscriff's population peaked at 5,896 in 1921 and declined to 2,037 in 2023. This represents a 65% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.
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Geography
Historically, the village belongs to Cornouaille. The village centre is located 21 km (13 mi) north of Quimperlé and 35 km (22 mi) east of Quimper.
History
Gallery
Church and chapels
The parish church
Chapel Saint Maudé
Chapel Saint Eloi
Chapel Saint Antoine
Chapel Saint Tugdual
See also
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.
- ↑ Commune de Guiscriff (56081), INSEE
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guiscriff, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guiscriff.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
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