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Guiscriff (; ) 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 in
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.Commune de Guiscriff (56081)
INSEE


Population

Inhabitants of Guiscriff are called ''Guiscrivites''. Guiscriff's population peaked at 5,896 in 1921 and declined to 2,081 in 2020. This represents a 65% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.


Geography

Historically, the village belongs to
Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) 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 princes from Cornwall ...
. The village centre is located north of
Quimperlé Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France. Geography Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ...
and east of
Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the ...
.


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

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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 {{Morbihan-geo-stub