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Gâvres
Commune in Brittany, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Gâvres
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Coordinates: 47°41′23″N 3°21′15″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Pluvigner |
Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (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. |
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