Combrit

Combrit (Breton: Kombrid) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Combrit Kombrid
Commune
L'Abri du Marin, in Combrit
Coat of arms
Location of Combrit
Combrit Combrit
Coordinates: 47°53′16″N 4°09′32″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Plonéour-Lanvern
Intercommunality	Pays Bigouden Sud
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Beaufils
Area ^1	24.13 km^2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,092
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29037 /29120
Elevation	0–62 m (0–203 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Artists such as Lucien Simon and Alfred Marzin painted many pictures of the area.

Population

Inhabitants of Combrit are called in French Combritois.

Historical population of Combrit

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	1145	1392	1340	1516	1617	1640	1623	1696	1616	1650

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	1778	1836	1870	2108	2354	2390	2421	2553	2630	2641

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	2760	2730	2628	2574	2442	2479	2292	2262	2233	2302

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	2495	2673	3165	3469

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on May 29, 2008.

Sights

• Parc botanique de Cornouaille

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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)