Saint-Rivoal
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Saint-Rivoal Sant-Riwal |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Canton | Carhaix-Plouguer | |
| Community association | Monts d'Arrée Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 21 ′ N , 4 ° 0 ′ W | |
| height | 110-381 m | |
| surface | 18.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 194 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29190 | |
| INSEE code | 29261 | |
 Mairie Saint-Rivoal |
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Saint-Rivoal ( Breton Sant-Riwal ) is a French commune with 194 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department .
location
The place is located in the west of Brittany in the Armorique Regional Nature Park ( French Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ), at the foothills of the Monts d'Arrée ridge in a hilly and wooded area. Brest is 36 kilometers to the west, Quimper 40 kilometers to the south and Paris about 450 kilometers to the east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Le Faou and Châteaulin , the nearest exits are on the E 60 expressway (Brest- Nantes ) and at Landivisiau and Morlaix on the E 50 (Brest- Rennes ). In the aforementioned places there are also the nearest regional train stations on the mostly parallel railway lines.
Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris. The nearest regional airports are the Aéroport de Brest Bretagne near Brest and the Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 311 | 257 | 225 | 208 | 172 | 164 | 172 | 194 |
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Attractions
Saint-Rivoal Church
Chapel of Mont-Saint-Michel-de-Brasparts
Menhir of Roquinarc'h
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See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Rivoal
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 926-927.
