Saint-Thégonnec
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saint-Thégonnec
|native name = Sant-Tegoneg
|image = Bretagne Finistere SThegonnec1 tango7174.jpg
|caption = Notre-Dame Church in parish close
|image coat of arms = COA fr Saint-Thégonnec.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48.5219|-3.9453|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 7
|elevation max m = 216
|INSEE = 29266
|postal code = 29410
|arrondissement = Morlaix
|canton = Morlaix
|commune = Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner
|area km2 = 41.76
|population = 2792
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Saint-Thégonnec ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ teɡɔnɛk}}; {{langx|br|Sant-Tegoneg}}) is a former commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner.[http://www.finistere.gouv.fr/content/download/15986/129495/file/RAA%2033%20du%2030%20d%C3%A9cembre%202015.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 23 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
The village is noted for its very elaborate parish close, one of a number in the area, which include Guimiliau and Lampaul-Guimiliau.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Thégonnec are called Saint-Thégonnecois.
{{Historical populations
|align=none
|cols=2
|1793|3291
|1800|3291
|1806|3422
|1821|3563
|1831|3648
|1836|3836
|1841|3926
|1846|3962
|1851|3802
|1856|3588
|1861|3957
|1866|4050
|1872|3681
|1876|3548
|1881|3409
|1886|3215
|1891|3317
|1896|3073
|1901|3144
|1906|3206
|1911|3171
|1921|2980
|1926|2977
|1931|2719
|1936|2536
|1946|2532
|1954|2241
|1962|2159
|1968|2127
|1975|1986
|1982|2133
|1990|2139
|1999|2267
|2008|2630
}}
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 25 March 2005.
Parish close
A parish close is an enclosed area around the parish church, including the church yard and a number of other features.
In common with others in the area, the Saint-Thégonnec close features a large ceremonial entrance arch, stressing the importance of the close as a focus for pilgrimage and pardons. An impressive calvary or crucifix forms the focus of the church yard. As at nearby Lampaul-Guimiliau, there is a separate charnel house or ossuary, with a life-sized tableau of the Entombment of Christ.
The interior of the church is exemplary of the local version of Baroque style, with a large quantity of polychrome sculpture and decoration, including a spectacular pulpit.
See also
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
- Yann Larhantec Sculptor of Calvaries including one in Saint-Thégonnec
- List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel
- List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec
References
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Image:St Thegonnec - church.jpg|The church and entrance to parish close.
Image:4205.Triumphpforte(Porte de Triomphe-1587)-Saint Thégonnec-Umfriedeter Pfarrbezirk(enclos paroissial)-Département Finistère-Region Bretagne-France.JPG|Ceremonial entrance arch.
File:Bretagne Finistere SThegonnec2 tango7174.jpg|Detail of calvary.
File:Bretagne Finistere SThegonnec3 tango7174.jpg|The choir.
File:Bretagne Finistere SThegonnec4 tango7174.jpg|Retable of the Rosary.
File:Bretagne Finistere SThegonnec5 tango7174.jpg|Retable of the Holy Sacrament.
Image:St Thegonnec - Deposition.jpg|Detail from the Entombment in the ossuary: St John the Apostle and the Virgin Mary.
Image:St Thegonnec - Madonna.JPG|Folding triptych of the Madonna and Child in the parish church.
Image:St Thegonnec - Mark.jpg|St Mark, from a set of Four Evangelists decorating the pulpit.
Image:St Thegonnec - Luke.jpg|Relief of St Luke on the pulpit.
Image:St Thegonnec - pulpit.jpg|Polychrome decorative moulding from the pulpit.
Image:Thegonnec - St Pol.jpg|St Pol, an important Breton saint: polychrome statue in the parish church.
Image:St Thegonnec - Christopher.jpg|Polychrome statue of St Christopher and the infant Christ in the parish church.
Twin city
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Silverton, Devon, England, since 2008.
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