Saint-Brevin-les-Pins

Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bʁevɛ̃ le pɛ̃] ^ⓘ; also Saint-Brévin-les-Pins; Breton: Sant-Brewenn; Gallo: Saent-Bréven) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Commune
Coastline of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, seen from Saint-Nazaire
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
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Coordinates: 47°14′55″N 2°09′56″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Dorothée Pacaud[1]
Area 1	19.29 km2 (7.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	14,645
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44154 /44250
Elevation	0–39 m (0–128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is known as the site of the serpent d'océan, a giant sea serpent sculpture by artist Huang Yong Ping.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 986 —     1800 913 −1.09% 1806 1,162 +4.10% 1821 1,079 −0.49% 1831 1,023 −0.53% 1841 944 −0.80% 1846 980 +0.75% 1851 1,026 +0.92% 1856 1,047 +0.41% 1861 1,085 +0.72% 1866 1,159 +1.33% 1872 1,188 +0.41% 1876 1,215 +0.56% 1881 1,202 −0.21% 1886 1,204 +0.03% 1891 1,348 +2.29% 1896 1,566 +3.04% 1901 1,641 +0.94%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,872 +2.67% 1911 1,964 +0.96% 1921 2,318 +1.67% 1926 2,760 +3.55% 1931 3,117 +2.46% 1936 3,387 +1.68% 1946 6,008 +5.90% 1954 7,087 +2.09% 1962 7,357 +0.47% 1968 8,008 +1.42% 1975 8,614 +1.05% 1982 8,582 −0.05% 1990 8,688 +0.15% 1999 9,594 +1.11% 2007 12,055 +2.90% 2012 13,088 +1.66% 2017 13,802 +1.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

History

In 7 April 2004, the French child Jonathan Coulom was murdered here. Jonathan Coulom's birthday is in 1994, in an undated time. On 22 March 2023, the Mayor's house and two of his cars were set on fire. Yannick Morez, mayor of Saint-Brevin, had previously received numerous death threats over the creation of an asylum seekers reception center. On 10 May Yannick Morez resigned, denouncing a "lack of support from the state."^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department