Gourin

The canton of Gourin is an administrative division of the Morbihan department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Gourin.It consists of the following communes:

The Montagnes Noires (French, 'black mountains'), also known as the Montagne Noire (French, 'black mountain') and in Breton as Menez Du are an east–west oriented range of hills in Brittany centred on the town of Gourin. They culminate in the peak of Roc de Toullaeron (Breton: Roc'h Toull-al-Laeron) which attains a height of either 318m or 326m. Other significant peaks include Ar Menez (304m) and Montagne Noir (307m) (or, in Breton: Menez Du). They are composed from a range of Precambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian rocks forming a part of the Variscan orogen and include sandstones, quartzites and slates.The hills form a part of the border between the départements of Finistère and Morbihan and just extend into Côtes-du-Nord.

Le Saint (French pronunciation: ​[lə sɛ̃]; Breton: Ar Sent) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Guiscriff (French pronunciation: ​[ɡiskʁif]; Breton: Gwiskri) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

Roudouallec (French pronunciation: ​[ʁudwalɛk]; Breton: Roudoualleg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French Roudouallecois.

Langonnet (Breton: Langoned) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Spézet (French pronunciation: [spezɛt]; Breton: Speied) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

The Jardin botanique des Montagnes Noires (6 hectares) is a botanical garden specializing in conifers, located in Le Fell, Spezet, Finistère, Brittany, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1995 and dedicated primarily to conifers. It currently contains about 700 species in total, including 500 conifer taxa as well as bamboos, camellias, heather, magnolias, rhododendrons, and roses. You can follow the informations of the botanical garden on its Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/people/Jardin-Botanique-des-Montagnes-Noires/61550715063839) in waiting that the new website which will offer an English version (in more of the French and Breton version).

Landeleau (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dlo]; Breton: Landelo) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Saint-Goazec (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡwazɛk]; Breton: Sant-Wazeg) in commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Leuhan (French pronunciation: [løɑ̃]; Breton: Leuc'han) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

The Château de Trévarez is a stately home in the commune of Saint-Goazec in Finistère, in Brittany, France.The former manor house was built in the 16th century (the west part) and the 17th century (the east part). The present structure was commissioned by James de Kerjégu, Chairman of the General Council of Finistère, and built at the end of the 19th century by the French architect Walter-André Destailleur. Trévarez is one of the most recent châteaux built in France. Construction was completed around the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1941, the château was taken over by the German occupying forces. The castle was bombed on 30 July 1944 by the Royal Air Force.