Quintin

Quintin
Kintin
Commune

The lake and chateau of Quintin

Coat of arms
Quintin

Coordinates: 48°24′16″N 2°54′29″W / 48.4044°N 2.9081°W / 48.4044; -2.9081Coordinates: 48°24′16″N 2°54′29″W / 48.4044°N 2.9081°W / 48.4044; -2.9081
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc
Canton Plélo
Intercommunality Pays de Quintin
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Mireille Airault
Area1 3.12 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 2,835
 • Density 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 22262 /22800
Elevation 154–220 m (505–722 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.

Quintin (Breton: Kintin) is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the northwest of France 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital.

History

The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin was originally located near Vieux-Bourg but, following a plague epidemic, the city moved to its current location. Quintin in Roman times was located on a crossroads but significantly developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, due to the weaving industry and the trade of linen cloth, but the decline came with the French Revolution and cotton gradually taking the lead over linen. At the height Quintin had 300 weavers. Quintin was also a monastic center. But despite its monuments and mansions that one can still see the city, it no longer has the importance it once had. The French Revolution and the wars of religion have left the fabric of the ancient and medieval city devastated.[1] In 1843, the geographical and historical dictionary of the province of Brittany, by Jean Ogée explains that the denizens of Quintin speak French and Breton.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17934 336—    
18004 073—    
18063 864—    
18214 252—    
18314 293—    
18364 454—    
18414 112—    
18464 021—    
18513 763—    
19013 198—    
19062 948—    
19112 823—    
19212 451—    
19262 300—    
19312 190—    
19362 574—    
19462 768—    
19542 643—    
19622,593—    
19682,727+5.2%
19752,857+4.8%
19822,814−1.5%
19902,602−7.5%
19992,611+0.3%
20082,835+8.6%

Inhabitants of Quintin are called quintinais in French.

Population
Quintin town hall
Quintin vu de l'étang.
Quintin Basilica

Mayor

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mickael Gendry, Quintin. Genèse et développement d'un bourg castral, éd. (Edilivre, 2012), p185.
  2. ↑ Par Jean Ogée, Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne,(Mollieux, 1853) page


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