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Saint-Pern (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ pɛʁn]; Breton: Sant-Pern; Gallo: Saent-Pèrn) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Pern Sant-Pern
Commune
The town hall of Saint-Pern
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pern
Saint-Pern Show map of France Saint-Pern Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°17′19″N 1°59′07″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Montauban-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Saint-Méen Montauban
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Hélène Frenoy[1]
Area 1	12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,042
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35307 /35190
Elevation	56–181 m (184–594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pern is the burial place of Saint Jeanne Jugan, where the motherhouse for the Little Sisters of the Poor at La Tour St. Joseph was located.[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Pern are called saint-pernais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	769	—
1968	865	+12.5%
1975	852	−1.5%
1982	773	−9.3%
1990	710	−8.2%
1999	781	+10.0%
2009	956	+22.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Pern.

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

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