Guilers

Guilers Gwiler-Leon
The church of Saint-Valentin, in Guilers
Coat of arms
Guilers
Location within Brittany region  Guilers
Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 4°33′24″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Brest-Cavale-Blanche-Bohars-Guilers
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole Océane
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Ogor
Area1	18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	7,350
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	29069 / 29820
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 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.

Guilers (Breton: Gwiler-Leon) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French Guilériens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,200	—
1800	1,175	−2.1%
1806	1,184	+0.8%
1821	1,231	+4.0%
1831	1,281	+4.1%
1836	1,437	+12.2%
1841	1,451	+1.0%
1846	1,556	+7.2%
1851	1,667	+7.1%
1856	1,702	+2.1%
1861	1,751	+2.9%
1866	1,802	+2.9%
1872	1,734	−3.8%
1876	1,748	+0.8%
1881	1,594	−8.8%
1886	2,105	+32.1%
1891	1,910	−9.3%
1896	1,821	−4.7%
1901	1,917	+5.3%
1906	2,206	+15.1%
1911	2,188	−0.8%
1921	1,982	−9.4%
1926	1,996	+0.7%
1931	2,008	+0.6%
1936	2,053	+2.2%
1946	1,968	−4.1%
1954	2,161	+9.8%
1962	1,846	−14.6%
1968	1,879	+1.8%
1975	4,678	+149.0%
1982	6,686	+42.9%
1990	6,785	+1.5%
1999	6,948	+2.4%
2008	7,350	+5.8%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Guilers (French)