Guer

Guer Gwern-Porc'hoed
Saint Nicolas chapel near Guer
Coat of arms
Guer
Location within Brittany region  Guer
Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 2°07′09″W / 47.9047°N 2.1192°WCoordinates: 47°54′17″N 2°07′09″W / 47.9047°N 2.1192°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Guer
Intercommunality	Pays de Guer
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Jean-Luc Bléher
Area^1	52.11 km^2 (20.12 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	5,560
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	56075 / 56380
Elevation	18–155 m (59–509 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guer (Breton: Gwern-Porc'hoed) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

It is located at the edge of the famous Brocéliande Forest, which is the setting of the Round Table novels in Brittany. It is 43 km (27 mi) southwest from Rennes, the regional capital.

Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is located in Guer and comprises three military educational facilities:

• École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army officers through direct recruitment
• École militaire interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers
• École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps)

Demographics

Inhabitants of Guer are called Guerrois.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

• Mayors of Morbihan Association (French)
• INSEE commune file

External links

• Media related to Guer at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Guer (French)
• Map of Guer on Michelin (English)