Le Gouray
Le Gouray
Gorre | |
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Part of Le Mené | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Gouray  | |
  Le Gouray  Le Gouray | |
| Coordinates: 48°19′41″N 2°29′15″W / 48.3281°N 2.4875°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Plénée-Jugon |
| Commune | Le Mené |
| Area 1 | 30.50 km2 (11.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,284 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22330 |
| Elevation | 79–305 m (259–1,001 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Gouray (French pronunciation: [lə guʁɛ]; Breton: Gorre) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.[2]
The Arguenon river originates in the commune.[3]
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,028 | — |
| 1968 | 1,068 | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 988 | −7.5% |
| 1982 | 932 | −5.7% |
| 1990 | 944 | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 939 | −0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,140 | +21.4% |
Modern History[edit]
An avowal from 1690[4] indicates that in Gouray there was a "caquinerie", a hospital where leprosy was treated, and where Caquins lived.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)
- ^ Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arguenon (J11-0300), Sandre; Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-09-15
- ^ "Caquins et caquineries dans l'ancien diocèse de Saint-Brieuc". eric.havel.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Geffroy, Gustave (1905). La Bretagne [Brittany] (in French). Paris: Hachette. p. 174.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Gouray.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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