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Scaër (French pronunciation: ​[skɛʁ]; Breton: Skaer) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Scaër Skaer
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Scaër
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Coordinates: 48°01′41″N 3°42′03″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Moëlan-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Le Goff
Area 1	117.58 km2 (45.40 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	5,295
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29274 /29390
Elevation	65–242 m (213–794 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Scaër are called in French Scaërois. Scaër's population peaked at 7,838 in 1946 and declined to 5,295 in 2019. This represents a 32.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,035 —     1800 4,567 +1.79% 1806 3,598 −3.90% 1821 3,460 −0.26% 1831 3,676 +0.61% 1836 3,937 +1.38% 1841 4,005 +0.34% 1846 4,156 +0.74% 1851 4,304 +0.70% 1856 4,343 +0.18% 1861 4,278 −0.30% 1866 4,471 +0.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 4,394 −0.29% 1876 4,747 +1.95% 1881 4,891 +0.60% 1886 5,403 +2.01% 1891 5,686 +1.03% 1896 5,939 +0.87% 1901 6,243 +1.00% 1906 6,565 +1.01% 1911 6,676 +0.34% 1921 6,581 −0.14% 1926 6,697 +0.35% 1931 7,118 +1.23%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 7,402 +0.79% 1946 7,838 +0.57% 1954 7,204 −1.05% 1962 7,176 −0.05% 1968 6,999 −0.42% 1975 6,556 −0.93% 1982 5,968 −1.33% 1990 5,555 −0.89% 1999 5,267 −0.59% 2008 5,198 −0.15% 2013 5,361 +0.62% 2019 5,295 −0.21%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2019)[3]

Geography

Scaër, encompassing 11,758 hectares, is the most spread-out city in Finistère and the third in Brittany. Scaër is located 30.5 km (19.0 mi) east of Quimper and 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Lorient. Historically, Scaër belongs to Cornouaille.

Neighbouring communes

Scaër is border by Guiscriff to the east, by Leuhan and Roudouallec to the north, by Tourc'h to the west and by Rosporden and Bannalec to the south.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on March 20, 2007.

In 2008, 11.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[4]

See also

• The Cavalcade of Scaër
• Communes of the Finistère department

References

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)

На других языках

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[de] Scaër

Scaër (bretonisch Skaer) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 5295 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Finistère in der Region Bretagne. Quimper, die Hauptstadt der Cornouaille liegt 30 Kilometer westlich, Brest 70 Kilometer nordwestlich und Paris etwa 460 Kilometer östlich. Bei Quimperlé und Pont-Aven befinden sich die nächsten Abfahrten an der Europastraße 60 (Nantes-Brest) und in Quimperlé, Bannalec und Rosporden gibt es Regionalbahnhöfe. Bei Lorient, Brest und Rennes befinden sich Regionalflughäfen.

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- [en] Scaër

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[es] Scaër

Scaër (en bretón Skaer) es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Bretaña, departamento de Finisterre, en el distrito de Quimper. Es el chef-lieu del cantón de Scaër.

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[ru] Скаэр

Скаэр (фр. Scaër) — коммуна на северо-западе Франции, находится в регионе Бретань, департамент Финистер, округ Кемпер, кантон Моэлан-сюр-Мер. Расположена в 33 км к востоку от Кемпера и в 100 км к северо-западу от Ванна, в 23 км от национальной автомагистрали N165. Через территорию коммуны протекает река Изоль.

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