Saint-Thurien, Finistère

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Saint-Thurien
Sant-Turian
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Thurien
The town hall in Saint-Thurien
Location of Saint-Thurien
Saint-Thurien is located in France
Saint-Thurien
Saint-Thurien
Coordinates: 47°57′36″N 3°37′21″W / 47.9600°N 3.6225°W / 47.9600; -3.6225Coordinates: 47°57′36″N 3°37′21″W / 47.9600°N 3.6225°W / 47.9600; -3.6225
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonQuimperlé
IntercommunalityQuimperlé Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bruno Baffre
Area
1
21.41 km2 (8.27 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
1,037
 • Density48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29269 /29380
Elevation22–166 m (72–545 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Thurien (Breton: Sant-Turian) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It takes its name from Saint Turiaf of Dol, bishop of the ancient Diocese of Dol.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Saint-Thurien are called in French Thuriennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,200—    
1800 1,260+0.70%
1806 882−5.77%
1821 972+0.65%
1831 921−0.54%
1836 1,088+3.39%
1841 1,115+0.49%
1846 1,115+0.00%
1851 1,125+0.18%
1856 1,091−0.61%
1861 1,115+0.44%
1866 1,200+1.48%
1872 1,158−0.59%
1876 1,219+1.29%
1881 1,266+0.76%
1886 1,423+2.37%
1891 1,512+1.22%
1896 1,656+1.84%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,679+0.28%
1906 1,705+0.31%
1911 1,791+0.99%
1921 1,742−0.28%
1926 1,627−1.36%
1931 1,568−0.74%
1936 1,509−0.76%
1946 1,403−0.73%
1954 1,264−1.30%
1962 1,201−0.64%
1968 1,054−2.15%
1975 967−1.22%
1982 925−0.63%
1990 883−0.58%
1999 843−0.51%
2007 878+0.51%
2012 1,011+2.86%
2017 1,032+0.41%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

International relations[]

Since 1995, it is twinned with the village of Kilmacow in County Kilkenny, Ireland Republic of Ireland.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Thurien, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Kilmacow twinning at the Official Official Co. Kilkenny Web Site

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