La Guerche-de-Bretagne
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La Guerche-de-Bretagne
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_Mairie_01.jpg) The town hall of La Guerche-de-Bretagne | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Guerche-de-Bretagne | |
  La Guerche-de-Bretagne  La Guerche-de-Bretagne | |
| Coordinates: 47°56′32″N 1°13′43″W / 47.9422°N 1.2286°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[1] |
Area 1 | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,554 |
| • Density | 395.0/km2 (1,023/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.
Inhabitants of La Guerche-de-Bretagne are called Guerchais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,422 | — |
| 1975 | 3,742 | +1.29% |
| 1982 | 4,055 | +1.15% |
| 1990 | 4,123 | +0.21% |
| 1999 | 4,095 | −0.08% |
| 2007 | 4,163 | +0.21% |
| 2012 | 4,273 | +0.52% |
| 2017 | 4,243 | −0.14% |
| 2023 | 4,554 | +1.19% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
