Sizun
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix | |
| Canton | Landivisiau | |
| Community association | Pays de Landivisiau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ′ N , 4 ° 5 ′ W | |
| height | 61–382 m | |
| surface | 58.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,265 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29450 | |
| INSEE code | 29277 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-sizun.fr/ | |
 Wall of the parish - triumphal arch |
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Sizun is a French commune with 2265 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department in Brittany . It belongs to the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Landivisiau .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2201 | 2025 | 1787 | 1765 | 1728 | 1850 | 2129 | 2265 |
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Buildings
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Sizun
In the enclosed parish of Saint-Suliau, classified as a monument historique , there are some interesting buildings:
- The Triumphal Arch (1585–1588), of which a full-size reproduction was installed in the Tuileries Garden in Paris on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution in 1989 .
- The ossuary chapel (1585), the facade of which is decorated with statues of the 12 apostles. Today it houses a local museum.
- The Saint-Suliau church (16th, 17th and 18th centuries) with its 56 meter high steeple.
Tower of the parish church of Sizun
Sizun Ossuary
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1529-1531.
Web links
Commons : Sizun - collection of images, videos and audio files
