Saint-Méen-le-Grand

Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Sant-Meven

Town hall

Coat of arms
Saint-Méen-le-Grand

Coordinates: 48°11′24″N 2°11′23″W / 48.19°N 2.1897°WCoordinates: 48°11′24″N 2°11′23″W / 48.19°N 2.1897°W
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
Canton Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Pierre Guitton
Area1 18.21 km2 (7.03 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 4,350
  Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 35297 / 35290
Elevation 79–123 m (259–404 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-Méen-le-Grand (Breton: Sant-Meven, Gallo: Saent-Men) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

It is located southwest of Rennes between Montauban-de-Bretagne and Gaël.

At the 2006 Tour de France, Saint-Méen-le-Grand hosted the start of Stage 8.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Méen-le-Grand are called mévennais in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19622,887    
19683,063+6.1%
19753,358+9.6%
19823,742+11.4%
19903,729−0.3%
19993,566−4.4%
20094,350+22.0%

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