Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Finistère

Saint-Martin-des-Champs (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ de ʃɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Martin-war-ar-Maez) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Since 2014 the mayor has been François Hamon, who was reelected in 2020.^[1]

Saint-Martin-des-Champs Sant-Martin-war-ar-Maez
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Martin-des-Champs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Martin-des-Champs
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Coordinates: 48°34′37″N 3°50′33″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Intercommunality	Morlaix Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Hamon[1]
Area 1	15.70 km2 (6.06 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,750
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29254 /29600
Elevation	0–113 m (0–371 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-Martin-des-Champs are called in French Saint-Martinois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 897 —     1800 846 −0.83% 1806 309 −15.45% 1821 944 +7.73% 1831 975 +0.32% 1836 1,053 +1.55% 1841 1,334 +4.84% 1846 1,305 −0.44% 1851 1,289 −0.25% 1856 1,446 +2.33% 1861 1,366 −1.13% 1866 1,396 +0.44% 1872 1,450 +0.63% 1876 1,564 +1.91% 1881 1,596 +0.41% 1886 1,697 +1.23% 1891 1,786 +1.03% 1896 1,842 +0.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,019 +1.85% 1906 2,068 +0.48% 1911 2,015 −0.52% 1921 1,905 −0.56% 1926 2,027 +1.25% 1931 2,276 +2.34% 1936 2,507 +1.95% 1946 2,716 +0.80% 1954 2,534 −0.86% 1962 2,685 +0.73% 1968 3,086 +2.35% 1975 4,617 +5.92% 1982 5,170 +1.63% 1990 4,933 −0.58% 1999 4,709 −0.52% 2007 4,763 +0.14% 2012 4,722 −0.17% 2017 4,593 −0.55%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Breton language

The municipality launched a language scheme for the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 27 October 2005.

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-Martin-des-Champs, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)