Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Finistère

Saint-Martin-des-Champs (Breton: Sant-Martin-war-ar-Maez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Since 2018, the mayor is Antoine Glaziou.

Saint-Martin-des-Champs Sant-Martin-war-ar-Maez
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Martin-des-Champs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Martin-des-Champs
Saint-Martin-des-Champs Saint-Martin-des-Champs
Coordinates: 48°34′37″N 3°50′33″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Hamon
Area ^1	15.70 km^2 (6.06 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,593
• Density	290/km^2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29254 /29600
Elevation	0–113 m (0–371 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Martin-des-Champs are called in French Saint-Martinois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 897 —     1800 846 −5.7% 1806 909 +7.4% 1821 944 +3.9% 1831 975 +3.3% 1836 1,053 +8.0% 1841 1,334 +26.7% 1846 1,305 −2.2% 1851 1,289 −1.2% 1856 1,446 +12.2% 1861 1,366 −5.5% 1866 1,396 +2.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 1,450 +3.9% 1876 1,564 +7.9% 1881 1,596 +2.0% 1886 1,697 +6.3% 1891 1,786 +5.2% 1896 1,842 +3.1% 1901 2,019 +9.6% 1906 2,068 +2.4% 1911 2,015 −2.6% 1921 1,905 −5.5% 1926 2,027 +6.4% 1931 2,276 +12.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 2,507 +10.1% 1946 2,716 +8.3% 1954 2,534 −6.7% 1962 2,685 +6.0% 1968 3,086 +14.9% 1975 4,617 +49.6% 1982 5,170 +12.0% 1990 4,933 −4.6% 1999 4,709 −4.5% 2008 4,877 +3.6%

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on October 27, 2005.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)