Goven

Goven Govaen (Gallo)
Commune
The church in Goven
Coat of arms
Location of Goven
Goven Show map of France Goven Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°00′24″N 1°50′46″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Guichen
Intercommunality	Vallons de Haute-Bretagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Norbert Saulnier[1]
Area ^1	39.73 km^2 (15.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,309
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35123 /35580
Elevation	15–116 m (49–381 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Goven (French pronunciation: [ɡɔvɛ̃]; Breton: Goven; Gallo: Govaen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

The Meu river flows into the Vilaine in the commune.

Population

Inhabitants of Goven are called Govenais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,763	—
1975	2,149	+2.87%
1982	2,270	+0.79%
1990	2,638	+1.90%
1999	2,967	+1.31%
2007	3,788	+3.10%
2012	4,318	+2.65%
2017	4,363	+0.21%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)