Saint-Thégonnec

Saint-Thégonnec

Sant-Tegoneg
Saint-Thégonnec Sant-Tegoneg
Part of Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner
	Notre-Dame Church in parish close
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Thégonnec
	Saint-Thégonnec Saint-Thégonnec
	Coordinates: 48°31′19″N 3°56′43″W / 48.5219°N 3.9453°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Morlaix
Commune	Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner
Area 1	41.76 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Population (2022)	2,792
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	29410
Elevation	7–216 m (23–709 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Thégonnec (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ teɡɔnɛk]; Breton: Sant-Tegoneg) is a former commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner.^[2]

The village is noted for its very elaborate parish close, one of a number in the area, which include Guimiliau and Lampaul-Guimiliau.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Thégonnec are called Saint-Thégonnecois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,291	—
1800	3,291	+0.0%
1806	3,422	+4.0%
1821	3,563	+4.1%
1831	3,648	+2.4%
1836	3,836	+5.2%
1841	3,926	+2.3%
1846	3,962	+0.9%
1851	3,802	−4.0%
1856	3,588	−5.6%
1861	3,957	+10.3%
1866	4,050	+2.4%
1872	3,681	−9.1%
1876	3,548	−3.6%
1881	3,409	−3.9%
1886	3,215	−5.7%
1891	3,317	+3.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	3,073	−7.4%
1901	3,144	+2.3%
1906	3,206	+2.0%
1911	3,171	−1.1%
1921	2,980	−6.0%
1926	2,977	−0.1%
1931	2,719	−8.7%
1936	2,536	−6.7%
1946	2,532	−0.2%
1954	2,241	−11.5%
1962	2,159	−3.7%
1968	2,127	−1.5%
1975	1,986	−6.6%
1982	2,133	+7.4%
1990	2,139	+0.3%
1999	2,267	+6.0%
2008	2,630	+16.0%

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 25 March 2005.

Parish close

A parish close is an enclosed area around the parish church, including the church yard and a number of other features.

In common with others in the area, the Saint-Thégonnec close features a large ceremonial entrance arch, stressing the importance of the close as a focus for pilgrimage and pardons. An impressive calvary or crucifix forms the focus of the church yard. As at nearby Lampaul-Guimiliau, there is a separate charnel house or ossuary, with a life-sized tableau of the Entombment of Christ.

The interior of the church is exemplary of the local version of Baroque style, with a large quantity of polychrome sculpture and decoration, including a spectacular pulpit.

See Saint-Thégonnec Parish close

References

^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 23 December 2015 (in French)

The church and entrance to parish close.
Ceremonial entrance arch.
Detail of calvary.
The choir.
Retable of the Rosary.
Retable of the Holy Sacrament.
Detail from the Entombment in the ossuary: St John the Apostle and the Virgin Mary.
Folding triptych of the Madonna and Child in the parish church.
St Mark, from a set of Four Evangelists decorating the pulpit.
Relief of St Luke on the pulpit.
Polychrome decorative moulding from the pulpit.
St Pol, an important Breton saint: polychrome statue in the parish church.
Polychrome statue of St Christopher and the infant Christ in the parish church.