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Guingamp's Town Hall
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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 48°33′48″N 3°09′00″W / 48.5633°N 3.15°WCoordinates: 48°33′48″N 3°09′00″W / 48.5633°N 3.15°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
| Canton | Guingamp | |
| Intercommunality | Guingamp | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Philippe Le Goff | |
| Area1 | 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 7,235 | |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22070 / 22200 | |
| Elevation | 62–126 m (203–413 ft) | |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Guingamp (French: [ɡɛ̃ˈɡɑ̃]; Breton: Gwengamp pronounced [ˈɡwɛn.ɡãmp]) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
The Saint Loup festival – national competition of Brittany's dances and international festival – takes place every year around mid August. It always ends by the traditional dance : la Dérobée de Guingamp. The main guests are musicians from Asturias, Ireland, Galicia, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic artists from all over the world. The Brittany's dance is omnipresent in other cultural manifestations and the cultural office also organizes a contemporary creative dance week.
The city hosts a professional football team called En Avant de Guingamp that won the French Cup in the 2008–2009 season while it was still part of the 2nd league. The team has made its comeback in the 1st League (Ligue 1 in French) for the 2013–2014 season, the 1st league that it had left 9 years before. Guingamp won again the French Cup against Rennes (scoring 2–0) in 2013–2014 and is qualified for the UEFA Europa League 2014-15 rounds.
The club's stadium (Roudourou: 18,120 seats) has a higher capacity than Guingamp's total population (7,235).
Inhabitants of Guingamp are called guingampais.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 8 July 2008.
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