Arzano, Finistère

Arzano An Arzhanaou
Commune
The parish church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, in Arzano
Coat of arms
Location of Arzano
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Coordinates: 47°54′07″N 3°26′20″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Borry[1]
Area ^1	34.04 km^2 (13.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,419
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29002 /29300
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arzano (French pronunciation: [aʁzano]; Breton: An Arzhanaou) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. It lies on the D22 road.

Population

Inhabitants of Arzano are called Arzanois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1806 1,757 —     1821 1,834 +0.29% 1831 1,873 +0.21% 1836 1,957 +0.88% 1841 1,801 −1.65% 1846 1,917 +1.26% 1851 1,957 +0.41% 1856 1,874 −0.86% 1861 1,862 −0.13% 1866 1,877 +0.16% 1872 1,779 −0.89% 1876 1,861 +1.13% 1881 1,948 +0.92% 1886 1,952 +0.04% 1891 1,943 −0.09% 1896 1,948 +0.05% 1901 1,851 −1.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,917 +0.70% 1911 1,941 +0.25% 1921 1,738 −1.10% 1926 1,839 +1.14% 1931 1,793 −0.51% 1936 1,676 −1.34% 1946 1,766 +0.52% 1954 1,524 −1.83% 1962 1,310 −1.87% 1968 1,206 −1.37% 1975 1,103 −1.27% 1982 1,113 +0.13% 1990 1,224 +1.20% 1999 1,324 +0.88% 2009 1,403 +0.58% 2014 1,385 −0.26% 2020 1,397 +0.14%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Geography

The village centre is located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of Quimperlé. Arzano belongs historically to Vannetais. The river Ellé forms the commune's western border and the river Scorff forms the commune's eastern border.

Map

Topographic map

Sights

The commune contains the ruins of the Château de La Roche-Moysan, Château de Kerlarec (19th century)[5] and the 16th century Saint-Laurent church.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Henri Gouzien, sculptor of Arzano War Memorial

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arzano, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. www.chateau-de-kerlarec.com

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)