Guingamp(French:[ɡɛ̃ɡɑ̃];Breton:Gwengamp[ˈɡwɛ̃ŋɡãmp]) is acommunein theCôtes-d'ArmordepartmentinBrittanyin northwesternFrance.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 inLigue 1from2013until2019.Guingamp stationis served by high speed trains to Brest, Rennes and Paris, and regional trains to Brest, Lannion, Carhaix, Paimpol and Rennes.
Guingamp
Gwengamp(Breton) | |
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 Guingamp's Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Guingamp  | |
  Guingamp  Guingamp | |
| Coordinates:48°33′48″N3°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) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editThe town has the remains of three successive castles, the last of which was razed to the ground by the order ofCardinal Richelieuin 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
editGuingamp is an urban commune part of theurban unitof Guingamp with 5 others cities of the department representing 22,049 inhabitant.[3]
The commune is also part of the Guingampfunctional area.This area, which includes 15 communes,[3]is categorized as an area of less than 50,000 inhabitants in 2020.[4]
Population
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Sports
editThe city is well-known for its professionalfootballteam,En Avant de Guingamp,which won theCoupe de FranceagainstRennesin the2008–09 seasonwhile it was still part ofLigue 2.The team returned toLigue 1for the2013–14 seasonfor the first time in 9 years. Guingamp again won the French Cup against Rennes in2013–14and qualified for the2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
With 18,120 seats, theStade de Roudourouwhich is the club's stadium has a capacity greater than the total population of Guingamp (7,115 inhabitants).
Culture
editThe 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 calledla Dérobée de Guingamp.The festival features Celtic musicians fromAsturias,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 theBreton languagethroughYa d'ar brezhonegon 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 theFrench Army
Twin towns – sister cities
editGuingamp 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"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^ab"Dossier complet − Unité urbaine 2020 de Guingamp (22401) | Insee".www.insee.fr.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^"Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020 | Insee".www.insee.fr.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^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).Retrieved11 August2017.
External links
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- Guingamp Tourist Office(in French)
- Official website
(in French) - Base Mérimée:Search for heritage in the commune,Ministère français de la Culture.(in French)