Saint-Thurien, Finistère

Saint-Thurien Sant-Turian
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Thurien
Location of Saint-Thurien
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Coordinates: 47°57′36″N 3°37′21″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christine Kerdraon[1]
Area ^1	21.41 km^2 (8.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,016
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29269 /29380
Elevation	22–166 m (72–545 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Thurien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ tyʁjɛ̃]; 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

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Geography

Saint-Thurien is located in the southeastern part of Finistère, 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of Quimperlé, 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Lorient and 35 km (22 mi) east of Quimper. Historically, the town belongs to Cornouaille. It lies in the valley of the river Isole. Saint-Thurien is border by Guiscriff to the north, by Querrien to the east, by Mellac to the south and by Bannalec to the west. Apart from the village centre, there are about sixty hamlets.

Map

Topographic map

List of places

Champ Fleuri Coat Cleo Coat Kerroux Coat Pin Creach Feot Creach Mine Creach Mine Bihan Creach Quillierou Crozuel Crozuel Izella Faouedic (Little beech forest) Goaremmou (warrens) Helles Hent Karrig Kamm Ker Kerroue Keralain (Alan's village) Kerauffret Kerbail Kerbellec Kerberes Kerbihan Kerbiriou

Kerboudou Kerboudou Vras Kerbras Kerbriand Kerdiamant Kerdilis Kerdilis Bihan Kerellen Kerfraval Kergac Kergall Kerganet Kerganet Bihan Kergoulaouen Kerguern Kerguyader (weaver's village) Kerhenry Kerhervet Kermal Kerminiou (Miniou's village) Kernabat Kerner

Kerpichon Kerprima Kerroux Kersaint Kersaleguen Kerserve Kerveguen Kervennou Le Cleuziou (The moats) Le Guernic (The little alder forest) Les Salles Loj ar Bleiz Lojou (The huts) Luzurien Magorou (Ruined walls) Moulin de Pont Croach Moulin de Saint Eloi Moulin Kerchuz Moulin Neuf Moulin Richet Noyelou Pouillet

Poulmoudou Prajoual Quelennec (Holly place) Quillos Rosquimerch Rostrennec (Brambles hill) Roué (Clearing) Roz Ar Bourhis Roz Fontaine Roz Roudou Rusuliec Stang Feunteun Stang Kerdilin Stang Leon Stang Lojou Stang Neuzec Trevennou Troysol (Isole valley) Ty Roudou Ty Viguennou (Viguennou's house)

History

The parish church was rebuilt at the end of the nineteenth century in accordance with the architect Joseph Bigot's plans. The new church replaced an older church that dated from the sixteenth century.

Economy

The Peny factory, located on the banks of the river Isole, with 340 employees, in the main employer in the town.

International relations

Since 1995, it is twinned with the village of Kilmacow in County Kilkenny, Ireland .[5]

Gallery

• 
  The Iron Age stele that stands in the church square
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  The calvary that stands in the church square
• 
  The neo-Gothic parish church

See also

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
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 Saint-Thurien, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Kilmacow twinning at the Official Official Co. Kilkenny Web Site

External links

• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)