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Saint-Renan
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Saint-Renan (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
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Saint-Renan is a commune in France, situated in the Finistère department within the arrondissement of Brest and the Pays d'Iroise Communauté. It serves as the capital of the canton of Saint-Renan. The municipality is named after Ronan of Locronan, and its residents are known as Renanais and Renanaises.
The commune has an area of 13.31 square kilometers and shares borders with Guilers, Lanrivoaré, Milizac, and Plouarzel. Its population is recorded as 8,577, comprising 3,928 males and 4,182 females. The postal code for the area is 29290. Elevation data varies by source, with figures listed at 97, 57, and 34 meters above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Renan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,231
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Saint-Renan
- French commune.native name
- Lokournan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Sint-Renan - Centre-ville.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Two of the oldest buildings of downtown Saint-Renan in 2010.
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Saint Renan (Finistère).svg
- French commune.elevation min m
- 26
- French commune.elevation max m
- 97
- French commune.INSEE
- 29260
- French commune.postal code
- 29290
- French commune.arrondissement
- Brest
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Renan
- French commune.mayor
- Gilles Mounier
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Pays d'Iroise
- French commune.area km2
- 13.31
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Ronan of Locronan
- Official name
- Saint-Renan
- Demonym
- Renanaises
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Pays d'Iroise Communauté
- Population
- 8577
- Area
- 13.31
- Elevation
- 62
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Milizac-Guipronvel
- Official website
- www.saint-renan.fr
- Image
- Sint-Renan - Centre-ville.JPG
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- Commons category
- Saint-Renan
- postal code
- 29290
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Renan
- male population
- 3928
- female population
- 4182
- P8168
- Peter Gabriel
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-98-84-20-08
- fax number
- +33-2-57-52-03-86
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Tourism
- Breton language
- Notable natives and residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Saint-Renan (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
== History == The city is named after the Irish Saint Rónán who came in the 5th or 6th century to evangelize the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Renan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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