Saint-Thégonnec

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Saint-Thégonnec
Sant-Tegoneg
Notre-Dame Church in parish close
Saint-Thégonnec
Coordinates: 48°31′19″N 3°56′43″W / 48.5219°N 3.9453°W / 48.5219; -3.9453Coordinates: 48°31′19″N 3°56′43″W / 48.5219°N 3.9453°W / 48.5219; -3.9453
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Morlaix
Canton Saint-Thégonnec
Intercommunality Morlaix
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yvon Abiven
Area
 • Land1 41.76 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 2,630
 • Population2 Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 29266 / 29410
Elevation 7–216 m (23–709 ft)

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.

Saint-Thégonnec (Breton: Sant-Tegoneg) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France.

The village is noted for its very elaborate parish close, one of a number in the area, which include Guimiliau and Lampaul-Guimiliau.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Thégonnec are called Saint-Thégonnecois.

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 3,291—    
1800 3,291+0.0%
1806 3,422+4.0%
1821 3,563+4.1%
1831 3,648+2.4%
1836 3,836+5.2%
1841 3,926+2.3%
1846 3,962+0.9%
1851 3,802−4.0%
1856 3,588−5.6%
1861 3,957+10.3%
1866 4,050+2.4%
1872 3,681−9.1%
1876 3,548−3.6%
1881 3,409−3.9%
1886 3,215−5.7%
1891 3,317+3.2%
1896 3,073−7.4%
1901 3,144+2.3%
1906 3,206+2.0%
1911 3,171−1.1%
1921 2,980−6.0%
1926 2,977−0.1%
1931 2,719−8.7%
1936 2,536−6.7%
1946 2,532−0.2%
1954 2,241−11.5%
1962 2,159−3.7%
1968 2,127−1.5%
1975 1,986−6.6%
1982 2,133+7.4%
1990 2,139+0.3%
1999 2,267+6.0%
2008 2,630+16.0%

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 25 March 2005.

Parish close

A parish close is an enclosed area around the parish church, including the church yard and a number of other features.

In common with others in the area, the Saint-Thégonnec close features a large ceremonial entrance arch, stressing the importance of the close as a focus for pilgrimage and pardons. An impressive calvary or crucifix forms the focus of the church yard. As at nearby Lampaul-Guimiliau, there is a separate charnel house or ossuary, with a life-sized tableau of the Entombment of Christ.

The interior of the church is exemplary of the local version of Baroque style, with a large quantity of polychrome sculpture and decoration, including a spectacular pulpit.

See also

References

    External links

    • The church and entrance to parish close.

    • Ceremonial entrance arch.

    • Detail of calvary.

    • The choir.

    • Retable of the Rosary.

    • Retable of the Holy Sacrament.

    • Detail from the Entombment in the ossuary: St John the Apostle and the Virgin Mary.

    • Folding triptych of the Madonna and Child in the parish church.

    • St Mark, from a set of Four Evangelists decorating the pulpit.

    • Relief of St Luke on the pulpit.

    • Polychrome decorative moulding from the pulpit.

    • St Pol, an important Breton saint: polychrome statue in the parish church.

    • Polychrome statue of St Christopher and the infant Christ in the parish church.

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