La Guerche-de-Bretagne

La Guerche-de-Bretagne Gwerc'h-Breizh
Commune
The town hall of La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Coat of arms
La Guerche-de-Bretagne La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Coordinates: 47°56′32″N 1°13′43″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	CA Vitré Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Élisabeth Guiheneux
Area 1	11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35125 /35130
Elevation	51–91 m (167–299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Guerche-de-Bretagne (French pronunciation: ​[la ɡɛʁʃ də bʁətaɲ]; Breton: Gwerc'h-Breizh) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

The cellist Louis-Marie Pilet (1815–1877) was born in La Guerche-de-Bretagne.

Population

Inhabitants of La Guerche-de-Bretagne are called Guerchais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,101	—
1968	3,422	+10.4%
1975	3,742	+9.4%
1982	4,055	+8.4%
1990	4,123	+1.7%
1999	4,095	−0.7%
2008	4,253	+3.9%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)