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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1962 | 1,028 | — |
1968 | 1,068 | +3.9% |
1975 | 988 | −7.5% |
1982 | 932 | −5.7% |
1990 | 944 | +1.3% |
1999 | 939 | −0.5% |
2008 | 1,140 | +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
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)
- ^ Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arguenon (J11-0300), Sandre; Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-09-15
- ^ "Caquins et caquineries dans l'ancien diocèse de Saint-Brieuc". eric.havel.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Geffroy, Gustave (1905). La Bretagne [Brittany] (in French). Paris: Hachette. p. 174.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Gouray.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)