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Guipavas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.PopulationInhabitants of Guipavas are called in French Guipavasiens.Breton languageIn 2008, 4.39% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.