Saint-Méen
Saint-Méen Sant-Neven |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Brest | |
Canton | Lesneven | |
Community association | Lesneven et Côte des Légends | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W | |
height | 12-93 m | |
surface | 11.74 km 2 | |
Residents | 917 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 78 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29260 | |
INSEE code | 29255 | |
Saint-Méen church |
Saint-Méen ( Breton Sant-Neven ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 917 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
geography
Saint-Méen is located in the north-west of Brittany just a few kilometers south of the English Channel coast . The Quillimadec River runs along the western border of the municipality .
Lesneven is 5 kilometers northwest, Brest 25 kilometers southwest and Paris about 470 kilometers east.
traffic
In Landerneau and Brest are the next departures of the highway E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and regional stations on the railway line Brest-Rennes and Brest- Nantes .
The regional airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne is located around 17 kilometers southwest (all distances as the crow flies ).
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 589 | 537 | 482 | 446 | 535 | 533 | 760 | 917 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 786-788.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Méen - Collection of images, videos and audio files