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  (2023)	3,427
• Density	48.75/km2 (126.3/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]; Breton: Eliant) 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%
1901	3,966	+0.92%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
2023	3,427	+0.78%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

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)