Saint-Hernin
Saint-Hernin 
    Sant-Hern  | |
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![]() The church in Saint-Hernin  | |
Location of Saint-Hernin  | |
![]() Saint-Hernin ![]() Saint-Hernin  | |
| Coordinates: 48°13′06″N 3°37′59″W / 48.2183°N 3.6331°W | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Brittany | 
| Department | Finistère | 
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin | 
| Canton | Carhaix-Plouguer | 
| Intercommunality | Poher | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Christine Jaouen[1] | 
Area 1  | 29.29 km2 (11.31 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 735 | 
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 29250 /29270  | 
| Elevation | 59–308 m (194–1,010 ft) | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Hernin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɛʁnɛ̃]; Breton: Sant-Hern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The historian and librarian Georges Le Rider (1928-2014) was born in Saint-Hernin.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Hernin are called in French Saint-Herninois.
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Geography
Saint-Hernin lies on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains). The canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Hyères, forms the commune's northern border.
Map
See also
- Communes of the Finistère department
 - Saint Hernin Parish close
 - Listing of the works of the atelier of the Maître de Tronoën
 - Listing of the works of the Maître de Laz
 
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Hernin, EHESS (in French).
 - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Hernin.
- Official website Archived 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
 - Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
 - Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
 



