Saint-Yvi

Saint-Yvi Sant-Ivi
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Community association	Concarneau Cornouaille agglomeration
Coordinates	47 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 56 ′  W
height	26-161 m
surface	27.05 km 2
Residents	3,155 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	117 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29140
INSEE code	29272
Website	http://www.saint-yvi.bzh/

Saint-Yvi ( Breton Sant-Ivi ) is a French commune with 3,155 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in western Brittany in the Finistère department .

geography

Quimper is 13 kilometers west-northwest, Lorient 48 kilometers southeast, Brest 60 kilometers northwest and Paris about 460 kilometers east. The Jet River runs along the northern municipal boundary .

traffic

At Rosporden and Quimper there are departures on the expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) and regional train stations on the Nantes-Lorient-Quimper-Brest railway line .

There are regional airports near Lorient and Brest .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	1258	1242	1493	2176	2386	2393	2755	3155
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame church
• Notre-Dame chapel in the Locmaria-Hent district
• Toulgoat mansion

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  Notre-Dame church

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  Notre-Dame chapel

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  Toulgoat mansion

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Yvi

Personalities

• Alan Heusaff (1921–1999), nationalist activist, born in Saint-Yvi.
• Guy Cotton (1936–2013), entrepreneur, born in Saint-Yvi.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1381-1384.

Web links

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