Scrignac

Scrignac Skrigneg
Commune
The main square in Scrignac, in 2010
Location of Scrignac
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Coordinates: 48°26′01″N 3°40′34″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Monts d'Arrée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Morvan[1]
Area ^1	70.94 km^2 (27.39 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	781
• Density	11/km^2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29275 /29640
Elevation	86–281 m (282–922 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Scrignac (French pronunciation: [skʁiɲak]; Breton: Skrigneg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Scrignac are called in French Scrignaciens.

A marriage celebration with 2,100 people at Scrignac in 1912

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,016 —     1800 2,048 +0.23% 1806 2,190 +1.12% 1821 2,164 −0.08% 1831 2,586 +1.80% 1836 2,652 +0.51% 1841 2,767 +0.85% 1846 2,891 +0.88% 1851 2,890 −0.01% 1856 2,812 −0.55% 1861 2,947 +0.94% 1866 3,103 +1.04% 1872 3,056 −0.25% 1876 3,130 +0.60% 1881 3,085 −0.29% 1886 3,120 +0.23% 1891 3,140 +0.13% 1896 3,256 +0.73%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,651 +2.32% 1906 3,825 +0.94% 1911 3,832 +0.04% 1921 3,511 −0.87% 1926 3,386 −0.72% 1931 3,208 −1.07% 1936 2,869 −2.21% 1946 2,558 −1.14% 1954 2,111 −2.37% 1962 1,946 −1.01% 1968 1,687 −2.35% 1975 1,405 −2.58% 1982 1,222 −1.97% 1990 1,005 −2.41% 1999 883 −1.43% 2007 817 −0.97% 2012 805 −0.30% 2017 757 −1.22%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-29275. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Scrignac, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

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