Quintin

For the castle in Northern Ireland, see Quintin Castle.

Quintin (French pronunciation: [kɛ̃tɛ̃] ^ⓘ; 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.

Quintin
Commune
The lake and chateau of Quintin
Coat of arms
Location of Quintin
Quintin Show map of France Quintin Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°24′16″N 2°54′29″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Plélo
Intercommunality	Saint-Brieuc Armor
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Carro[1]
Area 1	3.12 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,743
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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. Still, 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,336 —     1800 4,073 −0.89% 1806 3,864 −0.87% 1821 4,252 +0.64% 1831 4,293 +0.10% 1836 4,454 +0.74% 1841 4,112 −1.59% 1846 4,021 −0.45% 1851 3,763 −1.32% 1856 3,617 −0.79% 1861 3,710 +0.51% 1866 3,690 −0.11% 1872 3,411 −1.30% 1876 3,331 −0.59% 1881 3,281 −0.30% 1886 3,319 +0.23% 1891 3,186 −0.81% 1896 3,194 +0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,198 +0.03% 1906 2,948 −1.61% 1911 2,823 −0.86% 1921 2,451 −1.40% 1926 2,300 −1.26% 1931 2,190 −0.98% 1936 2,574 +3.28% 1946 2,768 +0.73% 1954 2,643 −0.58% 1962 2,593 −0.24% 1968 2,727 +0.84% 1975 2,857 +0.67% 1982 2,814 −0.22% 1990 2,602 −0.97% 1999 2,611 +0.04% 2007 2,844 +1.07% 2012 2,826 −0.13% 2017 2,838 +0.08%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Inhabitants of Quintin are called quintinais in French.

Quintin town hall

Quintin seen from the lake.

Quintin Basilica

Mayor

• 1929 1940 Alfred Duault
• March 2001 2008 Claude Morin
• March 2008 March 2014 Yves Briens
• from March 2014 Mireille Airault

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Élie Le Goff. Sculptor of Quintin war memorial
• Frome St Quintin, Dorset, England