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For the castle in Northern Ireland, see Quintin Castle. Commune in Brittany, France
Quintin
Commune
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Location of Quintin
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Coordinates: 48°24′16″N 2°54′29″W / 48.4044°N 2.9081°W / 48.4044; -2.9081
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementSaint-Brieuc
CantonPlélo
IntercommunalitySaint-Brieuc Armor
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicolas Carro
Area3.12 km (1.20 sq mi)
Population2,783
 • Density890/km (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code22262 /22800
Elevation154–220 m (505–722 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quintin (French pronunciation: [kɛ̃tɛ̃] ; Breton: Kintin) is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the northwest of France 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital.

History

The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin was originally located near Vieux-Bourg but, following a plague epidemic, the city moved to its current location. Quintin in Roman times was located on a crossroads but significantly developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, due to the weaving industry and the trade of linen cloth. Still, the decline came with the French Revolution and cotton gradually taking the lead over linen. At the height Quintin had 300 weavers. Quintin was also a monastic center. But despite its monuments and mansions that one can still see the city, it no longer has the importance it once had. The French Revolution and the wars of religion have left the fabric of the ancient and medieval city devastated. In 1843, the geographical and historical dictionary of the province of Brittany, by Jean Ogée explains that the denizens of Quintin speak French and Breton.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,336—    
1800 4,073−0.89%
1806 3,864−0.87%
1821 4,252+0.64%
1831 4,293+0.10%
1836 4,454+0.74%
1841 4,112−1.59%
1846 4,021−0.45%
1851 3,763−1.32%
1856 3,617−0.79%
1861 3,710+0.51%
1866 3,690−0.11%
1872 3,411−1.30%
1876 3,331−0.59%
1881 3,281−0.30%
1886 3,319+0.23%
1891 3,186−0.81%
1896 3,194+0.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,198+0.03%
1906 2,948−1.61%
1911 2,823−0.86%
1921 2,451−1.40%
1926 2,300−1.26%
1931 2,190−0.98%
1936 2,574+3.28%
1946 2,768+0.73%
1954 2,643−0.58%
1962 2,593−0.24%
1968 2,727+0.84%
1975 2,857+0.67%
1982 2,814−0.22%
1990 2,602−0.97%
1999 2,611+0.04%
2007 2,844+1.07%
2012 2,826−0.13%
2017 2,838+0.08%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Inhabitants of Quintin are called quintinais in French.

Quintin town hall
Quintin seen from the lake.
Quintin Basilica

Mayor

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Mickael Gendry, Quintin. Genèse et développement d'un bourg castral, éd. (Edilivre, 2012), p185.
  4. Par Jean Ogée, Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne,(Mollieux, 1853) page
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Quintin, EHESS (in French).
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department


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