Morbihan
Arrondissement of Lorient
Gâvres

Gâvres

Gâvres is a commune in the department of in north-western . French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.
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  • Type: Village with 680 residents
  • Description: commune in Morbihan, France
  • Also known as: “Gavr” and “Gâvre”
  • Postal codes: 56680 and 56680

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dolmen de Goëren and Église Saint-Gildas de Gâvres.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port-Louis and Larmor-Plage.

Village
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is a commune in the department of in northwestern .

Village
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is a commune in the department of in north-western . is situated 3 km northwest of Gâvres.

Village
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is a commune in the department of in north-western . is situated 3½ km north of Gâvres.

Gâvres

Latitude
47.6941° or 47° 41′ 39″ north
Longitude
-3.35401° or 3° 21′ 14″ west
Population
680
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8CVRMJVW+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1870167722
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3016471
Wiki­data ID
Q71669
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Gâvres” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gâvres”
  • Aragonese: “Gâvres”
  • Arpitan: “Gâvres”
  • Asturian: “Gâvres”
  • Bambara: “Gâvres”
  • Basque: “Gâvres”
  • Bavarian: “Gâvres”
  • Breton: “Ar C’havr”
  • Breton: “Gavr”
  • Cajun French: “Gâvres”
  • Catalan: “Gavr”
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  • Cebuano: “Gâvres (lungsod)”
  • Cebuano: “Gâvres”
  • Chechen: “ГавгӀ (МогӀбиан)”
  • Chechen: “ГавгӀ”
  • Chinese: “Gâvres”
  • Chinese: “加夫尔”
  • Chinese: “加夫雷”
  • Corsican: “Gâvres”
  • Croatian: “Gavr”
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  • Czech: “Gavr”
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  • Dutch: “Gavr”
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  • Esperanto: “Gavr”
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  • Estonian: “Gavr”
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  • Irish: “Gâvres”
  • Italian: “Gavr”
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  • Jamaican Creole English: “Gâvres”
  • Japanese: “ガヴル”
  • Kabyle: “Gâvres”
  • Kalaallisut: “Gâvres”
  • Kazakh: “Гавр”
  • Kongo: “Gâvres”
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  • Ladin: “Gâvres”
  • Latin: “Gâvres”
  • Latvian: “Gavr”
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  • Lithuanian: “Gavr”
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  • Low German: “Gavr”
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  • Luxembourgish: “Gâvres”
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  • Narom: “Gâvres”
  • Neapolitan: “Gâvres”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gâvres”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gavr”
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  • Papiamento: “Gâvres”
  • Picard: “Gâvres”
  • Piemontese: “Gâvres”
  • Polish: “Gavr”
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  • Portuguese: “Gavr”
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  • Prussian: “Gâvres”
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  • Scots: “Gâvres”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gâvres”
  • Serbian: “Gâvres”
  • Serbian: “Гавр”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gâvres”
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  • Slovak: “Gâvres”
  • Spanish: “Gavr”
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  • Swiss German: “Gavr”
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  • Tatar: “Гавр”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gâvres”
  • Turkish: “Gâvres”
  • Ukrainian: “Гавр”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґавр”
  • Uzbek: “Gâvres”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Gâvres”
  • Welsh: “Gavr”
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