Gâvres (French pronunciation: [ɡavʁ]; Breton: Gavr) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[3] French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.[4] The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.
Gâvres
Gavr | |
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Coordinates: 47°41′23″N 3°21′15″W / 47.6897°N 3.3542°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Pluvigner |
Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–2026) | Christian Carton[1] |
Area 1 | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 680 |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 56062 /56680 |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–33 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Demographics
editInhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in Marie-France Aubry. "L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres" (PDF). Town of Gâvres Cap-Lorient. association Gâvres, Arts et Traditions..
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Gâvres.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)