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Guiscriff (; br, Gwiskri) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastl ...
department in
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in north-western France.Commune de Guiscriff (56081)
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Population

Inhabitants of Guiscriff are called ''Guiscrivites''. Guiscriff's population peaked at 5,896 in 1921 and declined to 2,083 in 2019. This represents a 64.7% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.


Geography

Historically, the village belongs to
Cornouaille Cornouaille (; br, Kernev, Kerne) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princ ...
. The village centre is located north of
Quimperlé Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belo ...
and east of
Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography Th ...
.


History

center, Coat of arms of the Toultenoutre, lords of Penehoc in Guiscriff.


Gallery


Church and chapels

File:Guiscriff_église_et_calvaire.jpg, The parish church File:Guiscriff chapelle St Maudé.JPG, Chapel Saint Maudé File:Chapelle Saint Eloi Guiscriff.JPG, Chapel Saint Eloi File:Guiscriff chapelle Saint Antoine.JPG , Chapel Saint Antoine File:Guiscriff Saint Tugdual.JPG, Chapel Saint Tugdual


See also

*
Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the 249 communes of the Morbihan department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan {{Morbihan-geo-stub