Ergué-Gabéric | |
Native Name: | An Erge-Vras |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Ergué Gabéric (Finistère).svg |
Coordinates: | 47.9969°N -4.0208°W |
Insee: | 29051 |
Postal Code: | 29500 |
Arrondissement: | Quimper |
Canton: | Fouesnant |
Mayor: | Hervé Herry[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale |
Elevation Min M: | 4 |
Elevation Max M: | 410 |
Area Km2: | 39.87 |
Ergué-Gabéric (in French pronounced as /ɛʁge gabeʁik/; An Erge Vras in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies on the Odet river. The businessman and publisher Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was born in the commune.
It is twinned with Stratton, Cornwall.
The church of Saint Gwenhael has a 17th century organ by Thomas Dallam II and his son Toussaint.
In 2008, 6.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[2]
Ergue-Gaberic is twinned with Bude–Stratton in Cornwall, England.[3]