Dirinon

Dirinon Dirinonn
Commune
The road into Dirinon, from the south-west
Coat of arms
Location of Dirinon
Dirinon Location within France Dirinon Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°23′52″N 4°16′07″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Bodenez
Area 1	33.02 km2 (12.75 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,188
• Density	66.26/km2 (171.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29045 /29460
Elevation	1–179 m (3.3–587.3 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dirinon (French pronunciation: [diʁinɔ̃]; Breton: Dirinonn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Dirinon are called in French Dirinonais.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,534	—
1800	970	−6.34%
1806	1,698	+9.78%
1821	1,629	−0.28%
1831	1,670	+0.25%
1836	1,733	+0.74%
1841	1,745	+0.14%
1846	1,716	−0.33%
1851	1,766	+0.58%
1856	1,650	−1.35%
1861	1,638	−0.15%
1866	1,711	+0.88%
1872	1,658	−0.52%
1876	1,656	−0.03%
1881	1,614	−0.51%
1886	1,605	−0.11%
1891	1,518	−1.11%
1896	1,504	−0.19%
1901	1,503	−0.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,504	+0.01%
1911	1,432	−0.98%
1921	1,350	−0.59%
1926	1,311	−0.58%
1931	1,358	+0.71%
1936	1,280	−1.18%
1946	1,236	−0.35%
1954	1,120	−1.22%
1962	1,080	−0.45%
1968	1,010	−1.11%
1975	1,218	+2.71%
1982	1,799	+5.73%
1990	2,024	+1.48%
1999	2,342	+1.63%
2007	2,455	+0.59%
2012	2,385	−0.58%
2017	2,261	−1.06%
2023	2,188	−0.55%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Dirinon Parish close
• List of the works of the Maître de Guimiliau

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)