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<p><b>Guingamp</b> is a <a href="/pages/w/134486586585081">commune</a> in the <a href="/pages/w/106002119430074">Côtes-d'Armor</a> <a href="/pages/w/141457279213299">department</a> in <a href="/pages/w/105768666129577">Brittany</a> in northwestern <a href="/pages/w/105604449474183">France</a>.</p><h2>The Saint Loup festival</h2><p>The Saint Loup festival – national competition of Brittany's dances and international festival – takes place every year around mid August. It always ends by the traditional dance : la Dérobée de Guingamp. The main guests are musicians from Asturias, Ireland, Galicia, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic artists from all over the world. The Brittany's dance is omnipresent in other cultural manifestations and the cultural office also organizes a contemporary creative dance week.</p><h2>Sports</h2><p>The city hosts a professional <a href="/pages/w/104019549633137">football</a> team called <a href="/pages/w/103938602976088">En Avant de Guingamp</a> that won the French Cup in the 2008–2009 season while it was still part of the 2nd league. The team has made its comeback in the 1st League (Ligue 1 in French) for the 2013–2014 season, the 1st league that it had left 9 years before. Guingamp won again the French Cup against <a href="/pages/w/103121226395112">Rennes</a> (scoring 2–0) in 2013–2014 and is qualified for the <a href="/pages/w/498666003520443">UEFA Europa League 2014-15</a> rounds.</p><p>The club's stadium (<a href="http://www.info-stades.fr/stade/35/guingamp-stade-du-roudourou" class="external">Roudourou</a>: 18,120 seats) has a higher capacity than Guingamp's total population (7,235).</p><h2>Population</h2><p>Inhabitants of Guingamp are called <i>guingampais</i>.</p><h2>Breton language</h2><p>The municipality launched a linguistic plan through <a href="/pages/w/132913356747690">Ya d'ar brezhoneg</a> on 8 July 2008.</p>