Saint-Yvi

Saint-Yvi, or Saint-Yvy, (Breton: Sant-Ivi) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Saint-Yvi Sant-Ivi
Commune
The church of Our Lady, in Saint-Yvi
Location of Saint-Yvi
Saint-Yvi Saint-Yvi
Coordinates: 47°58′05″N 3°56′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques François
Area ^1	27.05 km^2 (10.44 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,155
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29272 /29140
Elevation	26–161 m (85–528 ft)
Website	http://www.saint-yvi.bzh/
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune's name used to be spelled "Saint-Yvy"; the spelling was officially changed on September 16, 2005.[2]

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Yvi are called in French Saint-Yviens.

Historical population of Saint-Yvi

Year	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861
Population	910	964	1209	1169	1166	1168	1264	1260	1290	1213

Year	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
Population	1350	1269	1383	1482	1558	1531	1628	1618	1714	1724

Year	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982
Population	1673	1626	1509	1539	1400	1306	1258	1242	1493	2176

Year	1990	1999	2008
Population	2386	2393	2744

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. INSEE: Code officiel géographique (in French)

External links

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