Saint-Thurien, Finistère

Saint-Thurien Sant-Turian
The town hall in Saint-Thurien
Saint-Thurien
Location within Brittany region  Saint-Thurien
Coordinates: 47°57′36″N 3°37′21″W
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

Year	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881
Population	1088	1115	1115	1125	1091	1115	1200	1158	1219	1266

Year	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936
Population	1423	1512	1656	1679	1705	1791	1742	1627	1568	1509

Year	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	1403	1264	1201	1054	967	925	883	843	882

International relations

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

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Entry on sculptor of Saint Thurien war memorial Jean Joncourt

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)