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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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):