Gâvres (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.INSEE commune file French Navy Minister Hyde de Neuville chose this place as a military testing area in 1829 for heavy marine ordnance.See the governmental directions of June 22, 1829, quoted in . 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 also Communes of the Morbihan department
References
External links
Mayors of Morbihan Association