Elliant

Elliant Eliant
Commune
The church of Saint-Gilles, in Elliant
Coat of arms
Location of Elliant
Elliant Elliant
Coordinates: 47°59′44″N 3°53′19″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Le Baron
Area 1	70.30 km2 (27.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,343
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29049 /29370
Elevation	31–187 m (102–614 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Elliant (French pronunciation: [ɛljɑ̃]; Template:Lang-br) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It lies 16 km (9.9 mi) west of Quimper.

Population

In French the inhabitants of Elliant are known as Elliantais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,192 —     1800 2,359 −4.23% 1806 2,458 +0.69% 1821 2,512 +0.14% 1831 2,789 +1.05% 1836 2,918 +0.91% 1841 2,922 +0.03% 1846 2,870 −0.36% 1851 2,849 −0.15% 1856 2,882 +0.23% 1861 2,952 +0.48% 1866 2,984 +0.22% 1872 3,087 +0.57% 1876 3,400 +2.44% 1881 3,651 +1.43% 1886 3,815 +0.88% 1891 3,950 +0.70% 1896 3,788 −0.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,966 +0.92% 1906 3,993 +0.14% 1911 4,029 +0.18% 1921 4,017 −0.03% 1926 3,744 −1.40% 1931 3,467 −1.53% 1936 3,277 −1.12% 1946 3,038 −0.75% 1954 2,829 −0.89% 1962 2,642 −0.85% 1968 2,401 −1.58% 1975 2,295 −0.64% 1982 2,463 +1.01% 1990 2,591 +0.64% 1999 2,714 +0.52% 2007 3,127 +1.79% 2012 3,202 +0.48% 2017 3,271 +0.43%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

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)