Guer
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2008-04-06T19:44:17Z
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{{French commune
|nomcommune=Guer
|native_name=Gwern-Porc'hoed
|image_map = France_jms.png
|x = 56
|y = 97
|lat_long={{coord|47|54|17|N|2|7|9|W|region:FR_type:city}}
|région=[[Bretagne]]
|département=[[Morbihan]]
|arrondissement=Vannes
|canton=[[Canton of Guer|Guer]] (chief town)
|insee=56075
|cp=56380
|maire=Jean-Luc Bléher
|mandat=[[2001]]-[[2008]]|
|intercomm=[[Communauté de communes du Pays de Guer|C.C. du Pays de Guer]]
|alt moy=50 m
|alt mini=18 m
|alt maxi=155 m
|hectares=5,211
|km²=52.11
|sans=5,560
|date-sans=1999
|dens=106
|date-dens=1999}}
'''Guer''' ([[Breton language|Breton]]: ''Gwern-Porc'hoed'') is a small town and [[commune in France|commune]] of the [[Morbihan]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', in [[France]].
It is located at the edge of the famous [[Brocéliande|Brocéliande/Brekilien]] Forest, which is the setting of the [[Round Table]] novels in [[Brittany]]. It is 43 km southwest from [[Rennes|Rennes/Roazhon]], the regional capital.
Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is located in Guer and comprises 3 military educational facilities:
*the [[École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr]], France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army officers through direct recruitement
*the École Militaire Interarmes (inter-services military school), for non-commissioned officers
*the École Militaire du Corps Technique et Administratif (military school of the technical and administrative corps)
==Demographics==
Inhabitants of Guer are called ''Guerrois''.
As of the [[census]] of 1999, the town has a population of {{formatnum:5,560}}.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Morbihan department]]
==External links==
*[http://www.ville-guer.fr Official site] {{fr icon}}
*[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=56075 French Ministry of Culture list for Guer] {{fr icon}}
*[http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?strAddress=&strCP=56380&strLocation=Guer&strCountry=1424&image2.x=28&image2.y=7 Map of Guer on Michelin] {{en icon}}
==References==
[http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{fr icon}}; [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] {{en icon}}; [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] {{en icon}}
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