Le Gouray

Le Gouray
Gorre
Part of Le Mené
Coat of arms of Le Gouray
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Location of Le Gouray
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Le Gouray is located in France
Le Gouray
Le Gouray
Le Gouray is located in Brittany
Le Gouray
Le Gouray
Coordinates: 48°19′41″N 2°29′15″W / 48.3281°N 2.4875°W / 48.3281; -2.4875
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementDinan
CantonPlénée-Jugon
CommuneLe Mené
Area
1
30.50 km2 (11.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,284
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
22330
Elevation79–305 m (259–1,001 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Gouray (French pronunciation: [lə guʁɛ]; Breton: Gorre) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.[2]

The Arguenon river originates in the commune.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,028—    
19681,068+3.9%
1975988−7.5%
1982932−5.7%
1990944+1.3%
1999939−0.5%
20081,140+21.4%

Modern History

An avowal from 1690[4] indicates that in Gouray there was a "caquinerie", a hospital where leprosy was treated, and where Caquins lived.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arguenon (J11-0300), Sandre; Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-09-15
  4. ^ "Caquins et caquineries dans l'ancien diocèse de Saint-Brieuc". eric.havel.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. ^ Geffroy, Gustave (1905). La Bretagne [Brittany] (in French). Paris: Hachette. p. 174.
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