Saint-Ségal
Saint-Ségal Sant-Segal |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
Community association | Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 15 ′ N , 4 ° 4 ′ W | |
height | 2–140 m | |
surface | 16.20 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,081 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29590 | |
INSEE code | 29263 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-saintsegal.fr | |
Saint-Séverin church |
Saint-Ségal ( Breton Sant-Segal ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 1,081 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaulin and the canton of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch .
geography
The municipality is located in western Brittany near the mouth of the Aulne river , which flows into the Rade de Brest , a deeply inland bay of the Atlantic . The place belongs to the Cornouaille region and is located in the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique .
Châteaulin is a good five kilometers southwest, Quimper 27 kilometers south and Brest 35 kilometers northwest (figures rounded off as the crow flies ).
traffic
The closest exit on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) is at Châteaulin and the nearest regional train stations are on the mostly parallel railway line at Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch and Châteaulin.
The regional airport Aéroport Brest-Bretagne is located near Brest .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
Residents | 746 | 677 | 675 | 745 | 813 | 825 | 996 | 1081 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Sébastien Chapel, Monument historique
- Saint-Séverin church, Monument historique
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 212-214.