Guidel

Guidel Gwidel
Commune
The beach at Guidel, and the Laïta
Coat of arms
Location of Guidel
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Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 3°29′14″W / 47.7914°N 3.4872°W / 47.7914; -3.4872
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Daniel1
Area 1	52.29 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population  (2023)2	12,338
• Density	236.0/km2 (611.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56078 /56520
Elevation	0–70 m (0–230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guidel (French pronunciation: [gidɛl]; Breton: Gwidel) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.³ Inhabitants of Guidel are called in French Guidélois.

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,367 —     1975 4,163 +3.08% 1982 6,071 +5.54% 1990 8,241 +3.89% 1999 9,156 +1.18% 2007 9,973 +1.07% 2012 10,279 +0.61% 2017 11,550 +2.36% 2023 12,338 +1.11% Source: INSEE4

The communal cemetery, containing 108 tombs from the World War II, has been listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.⁵ Most of the casualties were belonging to the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 March 2007.

In 2008, there was 6,44% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.⁶