Guipavas
Guipavas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard is from Guipavas.
The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.
Population
Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French Guipavasiens.Breton language
- In 2023, 6.1% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.