Saint-Thois

Saint-Thois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ twa]; Breton: Santoz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Saint-Thois Santoz
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Thois
Location of Saint-Thois
Saint-Thois Show map of France Saint-Thois Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°09′57″N 3°53′00″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Briec
Intercommunality	Haute Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Saliou[1]
Area 1	18.10 km2 (6.99 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	716
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29267 /29520
Elevation	28–238 m (92–781 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Thois are called in French Saint-Thoisiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 852 —     1800 738 −2.03% 1806 959 +4.46% 1821 840 −0.88% 1831 963 +1.38% 1836 1,021 +1.18% 1841 1,039 +0.35% 1846 1,089 +0.94% 1851 1,082 −0.13% 1856 1,003 −1.50% 1861 1,010 +0.14% 1866 1,187 +3.28% 1872 1,067 −1.76% 1876 1,191 +2.79% 1881 1,200 +0.15% 1886 1,218 +0.30% 1891 1,231 +0.21% 1896 1,215 −0.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,262 +0.76% 1906 1,315 +0.83% 1911 1,429 +1.68% 1921 1,476 +0.32% 1926 1,385 −1.26% 1931 1,360 −0.36% 1936 1,358 −0.03% 1946 1,152 −1.63% 1954 1,011 −1.62% 1962 910 −1.31% 1968 821 −1.70% 1975 760 −1.10% 1982 704 −1.09% 1990 633 −1.32% 1999 634 +0.02% 2007 720 +1.60% 2012 708 −0.34% 2017 716 +0.22%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Thois, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website Archived 7 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)