Saint-Hernin

Saint-Hernin Sant-Hern
Commune
The church in Saint-Hernin
Location of Saint-Hernin
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Coordinates: 48°13′06″N 3°37′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Poher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Christine Jaouen[1]
Area ^1	29.29 km^2 (11.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	735
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29250 /29270
Elevation	59–308 m (194–1,010 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-Hernin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɛʁnɛ̃]; Breton: Sant-Hern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The historian and librarian Georges Le Rider (1928-2014) was born in Saint-Hernin.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Hernin are called in French Saint-Herninois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,211 —     1800 1,797 +5.80% 1806 1,152 −7.14% 1821 1,150 −0.01% 1831 1,250 +0.84% 1836 1,347 +1.51% 1841 1,314 −0.49% 1846 1,356 +0.63% 1851 1,374 +0.26% 1856 1,350 −0.35% 1861 1,326 −0.36% 1866 1,456 +1.89% 1872 1,348 −1.28% 1876 1,351 +0.06% 1881 1,312 −0.58% 1886 1,433 +1.78% 1891 1,576 +1.92% 1896 1,653 +0.96%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,763 +1.30% 1906 1,830 +0.75% 1911 1,860 +0.33% 1921 1,908 +0.26% 1926 1,905 −0.03% 1931 1,902 −0.03% 1936 1,706 −2.15% 1946 1,603 −0.62% 1954 1,308 −2.51% 1962 1,134 −1.77% 1968 956 −2.81% 1975 826 −2.07% 1982 765 −1.09% 1990 776 +0.18% 1999 752 −0.35% 2007 760 +0.13% 2012 750 −0.26% 2017 759 +0.24%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Geography

Saint-Hernin lies on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains). The canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Hyères, forms the commune's northern border.

Map

Topographic map

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Saint Hernin Parish close
• Listing of the works of the atelier of the Maître de Tronoën
• Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Hernin, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)