Guiscriff (; br, Gwiskri) is a
commune in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coast ...
department in
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
in north-western France.
Commune de Guiscriff (56081)
INSEE
Population
Inhabitants of Guiscriff are called ''Guiscrivites''. Guiscriff's population peaked at 5,896 in 1921 and declined to 2,083 in 2019. This represents a 64.7% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.
Geography
Historically, the village belongs to Cornouaille
Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...
. The village centre is located north of Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belo ...
and east of Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
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.
History
center, Coat of arms of the Toultenoutre, lords of Penehoc in Guiscriff.
Gallery
Church and chapels
File:Guiscriff_église_et_calvaire.jpg, The parish church
File:Guiscriff chapelle St Maudé.JPG, Chapel Saint Maudé
File:Chapelle Saint Eloi Guiscriff.JPG, Chapel Saint Eloi
File:Guiscriff chapelle Saint Antoine.JPG , Chapel Saint Antoine
File:Guiscriff Saint Tugdual.JPG, Chapel Saint Tugdual
See also
*Communes of the Morbihan department
The following is a list of the 249 Communes of France, communes of the Morbihan Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2022):
References
External links
*
Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan
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