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Le Gouray

Le Gouray (French pronunciation: [lə guʁɛ]; Breton: Gorre) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.

The Arguenon river originates in the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,028—    
19681,068+3.9%
1975988−7.5%
1982932−5.7%
1990944+1.3%
1999939−0.5%
20081,140+21.4%

Modern History

An avowal from 1690 indicates that in Gouray there was a "caquinerie", a hospital where leprosy was treated, and where Caquins lived.

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arguenon (J11-0300), Sandre; Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-09-15
  4. ^ "Caquins et caquineries dans l'ancien diocèse de Saint-Brieuc". eric.havel.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. ^ Geffroy, Gustave (1905). La Bretagne [Brittany] (in French). Paris: Hachette. p. 174.