Saint-Yvi

Saint-Yvi Sant-Ivi
Commune
The church of Our Lady, in Saint-Yvi
Location of Saint-Yvi
Saint-Yvi Saint-Yvi
Coordinates: 47°58′05″N 3°56′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Concarneau
Intercommunality	Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Pagnard
Area 1	27.05 km2 (10.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,339
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29272 /29140
Elevation	26–161 m (85–528 ft)
Website	www.saint-yvi.bzh
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Yvi (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ivi]; before September 2005: Saint-Yvy, Breton: Sant-Ivi) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Yvi are called in French Saint-Yviens. The population has been increasing quickly since the year 1975.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 780 —     1800 910 +2.23% 1806 964 +0.97% 1821 1,209 +1.52% 1831 1,169 −0.34% 1836 1,166 −0.05% 1841 1,168 +0.03% 1846 1,264 +1.59% 1851 1,260 −0.06% 1856 1,290 +0.47% 1861 1,213 −1.22% 1866 1,350 +2.16% 1872 1,269 −1.03% 1876 1,383 +2.17% 1881 1,482 +1.39% 1886 1,558 +1.01% 1891 1,531 −0.35% 1896 1,628 +1.24%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,618 −0.12% 1906 1,714 +1.16% 1911 1,724 +0.12% 1921 1,673 −0.30% 1926 1,626 −0.57% 1931 1,509 −1.48% 1936 1,539 +0.39% 1946 1,400 −0.94% 1954 1,306 −0.87% 1962 1,258 −0.47% 1968 1,242 −0.21% 1975 1,493 +2.66% 1982 2,176 +5.53% 1990 2,386 +1.16% 1999 2,393 +0.03% 2007 2,733 +1.67% 2012 2,877 +1.03% 2017 3,155 +1.86%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

Geography

Saint-Yvi is located 13 km (8.1 mi) east of Quimper. Historically, the town belongs to Cornouaille. The river Jet forms its northern border.

Map

Topographic map

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)