Guichen

Commune in Brittany, France

Guichen Gischen (Gallo) Gwizien (Breton)
Commune
Church of Guichen
Coat of arms
Location of Guichen
(2020–2026)		Dominique Delamarre^[1]
Area ¹	42.99 km² (16.60 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	8,995
• Density	210/km² (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35126 /35580
Elevation	7–107 m (23–351 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guichen (French pronunciation: [ɡiʃɛ̃]; Breton: Gwizien; Gallo: Gischen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

History

Population

Inhabitants of Guichen are called Guichenais in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,311	—
1975	4,431	+4.25%
1982	5,311	+2.62%
1990	5,891	+1.30%
1999	6,526	+1.14%
2007	7,181	+1.20%
2012	7,797	+1.66%
2017	8,568	+1.90%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Image gallery

The Halles of Guichen.
Church of Pont-Réan.
The bridge of Pont-Réan.
The lock and mill of Boel.

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guichen.

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)