1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Gâvres (French pronunciation:[ɡavʁ]; Breton: Gavr) is a commune in the Morbihandepartment 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.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Gâvres are called in French Gâvrais.
^See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in Marie-France Aubry. "L'Histoire du Polygone de Gavres"(PDF). Town of Gâvres Cap-Lorient. association Gâvres, Arts et Traditions..