Saint-Thurien, Finistère

Saint-Thurien
Sant-Turian

The town hall in 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
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Scaër
Intercommunality Pays de Quimperlé
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bruno Baffre
Area1 21.41 km2 (8.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 882
 • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 29269 / 29380
Elevation 22–166 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Thurien are called in French Thuriennois.

Historical population of Saint-Thurien, Finistère
Year1836184118461851185618611866187218761881
Population1088111511151125109111151200115812191266
Year1886189118961901190619111921192619311936
Population1423151216561679170517911742162715681509
Year194619541962196819751982199019992008
Population1403126412011054967925883843882

International relations

Since 1995, it is twinned with the village of Kilmacow in County Kilkenny, Ireland Republic of Ireland.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kilmacow twinning at the Official Official Co. Kilkenny Web Site
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