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Guingamp 

Coordinates: 48°33′48″N 3°09′00″W / 48.56333, -3.15

Commune of Guingamp
Gwengamp
Location
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Coordinates 48°33′48″N 3°09′00″W / 48.56333, -3.15
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Guingamp
Intercommunality Guingamp
Mayor Noël Le Graët
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 62–126 m
Land area¹ 3.41 km²
Population²
(1999)		 8008
 - Density 2348/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 22070/ 22200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Guingamp (Breton: Gwengamp) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

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Demographics

Inhabitants of Guingamp are called Guingampais.

Culture

The Breton dance festival of Saint-Loup is held every year in mid-August.

Then there is the annual ‘pardon’, which brings pilgrims to pay homage to the ‘Black Virgin’ in the Basilica of Notre Dame de Bon Secours.

Guingamp is home to En Avant Guingamp, a football team in Ligue 2, the second-highest league in French football.

History

The town has, like many others in the region, a rich and interesting history. This is exemplified in the remains of Guingamp’s three castles, razed to ground level by the order of Richelieu and now reduced to three towers. For lovers of history and architecture there is much to discover in Guingamp.

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