Saint-Hernin
Saint-Hernin
Sant-Hern | |
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 The church in Saint-Hernin | |
Location of Saint-Hernin  | |
  Saint-Hernin  Saint-Hernin | |
| Coordinates: 48°13′06″N 3°37′59″W / 48.2183°N 3.6331°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 km2 (11.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 742 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (66/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 km2 (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
[edit]Inhabitants of Saint-Hernin are called in French Saint-Herninois.
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Geography
[edit]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
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See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Hernin, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Hernin.
- 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)
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