Saint-Urbain (Finistère)
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
| Community association | Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ′ N , 4 ° 14 ′ W | |
| height | 2–178 m | |
| surface | 15.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,633 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 107 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29800 | |
| INSEE code | 29270 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-urbain.com/ | |
_%C3%89glise_01.JPG) Saint-Urbain church |
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Saint-Urbain ( Lannurvan in Breton ) is a French commune in western Brittany in the Finistère department with 1633 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The municipality is located about seven kilometers east of the Atlantic coast in the area of the Bay of Brest .
Brest is 18 kilometers northwest and Paris about 480 kilometers east (as the crow flies ).
traffic
At Daoulas there is an exit on the expressway E 60 (Brest– Nantes ) and at Landerneau another on the E 50 (Brest– Rennes ).
In Landerneau there is a regional train station on the Brest-Rennes and Brest-Nantes lines. Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located near Brest .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 505 | 466 | 583 | 1062 | 1120 | 1200 | 1411 | 1633 |
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Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Urbain (Finistère)
Personalities
- Louis De Goesbriand (1816–1899), first Bishop of Burlington
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 397-399.
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