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Village center, Rue Saint-Cadou | |
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Location within Brittany region
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Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Morlaix |
Canton | Sizun |
Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau |
Mayor | Jean-Pierre Breton (2008–2014) |
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Elevation | 61–382 m (200–1,253 ft) |
Land area1 | 58.14 km2 (22.45 sq mi) |
Population2 | 2,216 (2008) |
- Density | 38 /km2 (98 /sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29277/ 29450 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Sizun (Breton: Sizun) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
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Inhabitants of Sizun are called in French Sizuniens.
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 2,888 | — |
1800 | 2,899 | +0.4% |
1806 | 2,887 | −0.4% |
1821 | 3,156 | +9.3% |
1831 | 3,638 | +15.3% |
1836 | 3,650 | +0.3% |
1841 | 3,758 | +3.0% |
1846 | 3,843 | +2.3% |
1851 | 3,900 | +1.5% |
1856 | 3,945 | +1.2% |
1861 | 3,960 | +0.4% |
1866 | 3,875 | −2.1% |
1872 | 3,716 | −4.1% |
1876 | 3,861 | +3.9% |
1881 | 3,879 | +0.5% |
1886 | 3,808 | −1.8% |
1891 | 3,702 | −2.8% |
1896 | 3,577 | −3.4% |
1901 | 3,685 | +3.0% |
1906 | 3,661 | −0.7% |
1911 | 3,528 | −3.6% |
1921 | 3,343 | −5.2% |
1926 | 3,121 | −6.6% |
1931 | 2,969 | −4.9% |
1936 | 2,830 | −4.7% |
1946 | 2,608 | −7.8% |
1954 | 2,396 | −8.1% |
1962 | 2,201 | −8.1% |
1968 | 2,025 | −8.0% |
1975 | 1,787 | −11.8% |
1982 | 1,765 | −1.2% |
1990 | 1,728 | −2.1% |
1999 | 1,850 | +7.1% |
2008 | 2,216 | +19.8% |
In 2008, 19.74% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]