Saint-Nic

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Saint-Nic
Sant-Vig

Saint-Nic (France)

Community association

Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay

48 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W

0-299 m

surface

18.03 km ²

773 (January 1, 2017)

Population density

43 inhabitants / km ²

29550

http://www.saint-nic.fr//

Mairie Saint-Nic

Saint-Nic ( Breton Sant-Vig ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 773 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaulin and the canton of Crozon .

location

The municipality is located in the west of Brittany on the Atlantic coast ( Bay of Douarnenez ), the center of which is about two kilometers east of the coast. It belongs to the Cornouaille region and is located on the southwest flank of the 330 m high Ménez-Hom on the edge of the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique and at the beginning of the Crozon Peninsula, which extends to the west . Châteaulin is 13 kilometers east, Brest 25 kilometers northwest and Quimper 26 kilometers southeast (figures rounded off as the crow flies ).

The Menez Lié dolmen is east of Saint-Nic.

traffic

The closest exit on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) and the next regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line are at Châteaulin . The regional airport Aéroport Brest-Bretagne is located near Brest .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2010	2017
Residents	957	898	806	728	709	705	737	773
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Passion window in the Church of St-Nicaise

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Nic

Saint-Nicaise church
Saint-Côme Chapel, Monument historique
Dolmen Menez Lié
former train station

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 208-211.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Nic - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Saint-Nic on cc-chateaulin-porzay.fr (French)