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Ergué-Gabéric

Ergué-Gabéric
An Erge-Vras
The town hall in Ergué-Gabéric
The town hall in Ergué-Gabéric
Coat of arms of Ergué-Gabéric
Coat of arms
Ergué-Gabéric is located in France
Ergué-Gabéric
Ergué-Gabéric
Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 4°01′15″W / 47.9969°N 4.0208°W / 47.9969; -4.0208Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 4°01′15″W / 47.9969°N 4.0208°W / 47.9969; -4.0208
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Quimper-2
Intercommunality Quimper
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Hervé Herry
Area1 39.87 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 7,655
 • Density 190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 29051 /29500
Elevation 4–410 m (13–1,345 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ergué-Gabéric (An Erge Vras in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river. The businessman and publisher Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was born in the commune.

It is twinned with Stratton, Cornwall.

The church of Saint Gwenhael has an organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint.

In 2008, 6.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.


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