Guerlesquin

Commune in Brittany, France

Guerlesquin Gwerliskin
Commune
The presidial of Guerlesquin
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Guerlesquin
(2020–2026)		Éric Cloarec^[1]
Area ¹	21.83 km² (8.43 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	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^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guerlesquin, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guerlesquin.

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)