Gâvres (; ) is a
commune in the
Morbihan
The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...
department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in north-western
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. French Navy Minister
Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.
[See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in .] The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which
Hugoniot's theory is based.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French ''Gâvrais''.
See also
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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 2025):
References
External links
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Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan
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