Guerlesquin

Guerlesquin Gwerliskin
Commune
The presidial of Guerlesquin
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Guerlesquin
Guerlesquin Guerlesquin
Coordinates: 48°31′06″N 3°35′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Plouigneau
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Cloarec
Area 1	21.83 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,273
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29067 /29650
Elevation	109–267 m (358–876 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guerlesquin (French pronunciation: [gɛʁlɛskɛ̃]; Breton: Gwerliskin) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Guerlesquin are called in French Guerlesquinais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,517 —     1800 1,227 −2.99% 1806 1,360 +1.73% 1821 1,397 +0.18% 1831 1,570 +1.17% 1836 1,726 +1.91% 1841 1,714 −0.14% 1846 1,842 +1.45% 1851 1,850 +0.09% 1856 1,758 −1.01% 1861 1,779 +0.24% 1866 1,817 +0.42% 1872 1,875 +0.53% 1876 1,901 +0.34% 1881 1,899 −0.02% 1886 1,898 −0.01% 1891 1,721 −1.94% 1896 1,714 −0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,744 +0.35% 1906 1,851 +1.20% 1911 1,865 +0.15% 1921 1,620 −1.40% 1926 1,641 +0.26% 1931 1,513 −1.61% 1936 1,433 −1.08% 1946 1,391 −0.30% 1954 1,218 −1.65% 1962 1,159 −0.62% 1968 1,278 +1.64% 1975 1,496 +2.28% 1982 1,831 +2.93% 1990 1,627 −1.47% 1999 1,624 −0.02% 2007 1,413 −1.72% 2012 1,366 −0.67% 2017 1,329 −0.55%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
• Boss Metalzone

External links

• Official website Archived 2022-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)