Gâvres

Commune in Brittany, France

Gâvres Gavr
Commune
The beach at Gâvres
Coat of arms
Location of Gâvres
(2024–2026)		Christian Carton^[1]
Area ¹	1.88 km² (0.73 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	680
• Density	360/km² (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56062 /56680
Elevation	0–10 m (0–33 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gâvres (French pronunciation: [ɡavʁ]; Breton: Gavr) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.^[4] The extensive experiments performed at sea have later provided part of the data upon which Hugoniot's theory is based.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in Marie-France Aubry. "L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres" (PDF). Town of Gâvres Cap-Lorient. association Gâvres, Arts et Traditions..