Guingamp (French: [ɡɛ̃ɡɑ̃] ⓘ; Breton: Gwengamp [ˈɡwɛ̃ŋɡãmp]) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guingamp, which played in Ligue 1 from 2013 until 2019. Guingamp station is served by high speed trains to Brest, Rennes and Paris, and regional trains to Brest, Lannion, Carhaix, Paimpol and Rennes.
Guingamp
Gwengamp | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
_H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_08.JPG) Guingamp's Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Guingamp  | |
  Guingamp  Guingamp | |
| Coordinates: 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-Paimpol Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Le Goff[1] |
| Area 1 | 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,105 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Guingampais (masculine) Guingampaise (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22070 /22200 |
| Elevation | 62–126 m (203–413 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History edit
The town has the remains of three successive castles, the last of which was razed to the ground by the order of Cardinal Richelieu in the early 17th century. They were reduced to three towers.
Vincent de Bourbon, great-grandson of Louis XIV, was Count of Guingamp from 1750 to his death in 1752.
Urbanism edit
Guingamp is an urban commune part of the urban unit of Guingamp with 5 others cities of the department representing 22,049 inhabitant.[3]
The commune is also part of the Guingamp functional area. This area, which includes 15 communes,[3] is categorized as an area of less than 50,000 inhabitants in 2020.[4]
Population edit
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Sports edit
The city is well-known for its professional football team, En Avant de Guingamp, which won the Coupe de France against Rennes in the 2008–09 season while it was still part of Ligue 2. The team returned to Ligue 1 for the 2013–14 season for the first time in 9 years. Guingamp again won the French Cup against Rennes in 2013–14 and qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
With 18,120 seats, the Stade de Roudourou which is the club's stadium has a capacity greater than the total population of Guingamp (7,115 inhabitants).
Culture edit
The Saint Loup festival, a national competition of Breton dances and international festival, takes place every in around mid August. It culminates in a traditional dance called la Dérobée de Guingamp. The festival features Celtic musicians from Asturias, Ireland, Galicia, Scotland, Wales, and elsewhere. Breton dance features in other cultural manifestations and the local cultural office organizes a contemporary creative dance week.
The municipality launched a plan for the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 8 July 2008. In 2008, 15.89% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[7]
The annual 'pardon' brings pilgrims to pay homage to the 'Black Virgin' in the Basilica of Notre Dame de Bon Secours.[8]
Personalities edit
- Joseph Guy Ropartz, composer
- Théophile Marie Brébant, Colonel in the French Army
Twin towns – sister cities edit
Guingamp is twinned with:
See also edit
- Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
- Élie Le Goff, sculptor of Guingamp statue of Joan of Arc
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Dossier complet − Unité urbaine 2020 de Guingamp (22401) | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020 | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Guingamp, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 697–698.
- ^ "20 ans de souvenirs". Le jumelage de Guingamp et Shannon (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
External links edit
- Guingamp Tourist Office (in French)
- Official website
(in French) - Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
