Guer

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Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 2°7′9″W / 47.90472, -2.11917

Commune of Guer
Gwern-Porc'hoed
Location
Coordinates	47°54′17″N 2°7′9″W / 47.90472, -2.11917
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Guer (chief town)
Intercommunality	C.C. du Pays de Guer
Mayor	Jean-Luc Bléher (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	18 m–155 m (avg. 50 m)
Land area¹	52.11 km²
Population² (1999)	5,560
- Density	106/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	56075/ 56380
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guer (Breton: Gwern-Porc'hoed) is a small town and commune of the Morbihan département, in France.

It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande/Brekilien Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is 43 km southwest from Rennes/Roazhon, the regional capital.

Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is located in Guer and comprises 3 military educational facilities:

• the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army officers through direct recruitement
• the École Militaire Interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers
• the École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps)

Contents 1 Demographics 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Guer are called Guerrois.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 5,560.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

[edit] External links

• Official site (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Guer (French)
• Map of Guer on Michelin (English)

[edit] References

Mayors of Morbihan Association (French); INSEE (English); IGN (English)