title: Saint-Thégonnec
text: # Saint-Thégonnec
  
  Saint-Thégonnec (French pronunciation: ​; Breton: 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.
  
  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.
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1793 | 3,291 | — |
  | 1800 | 3,291 | +0.0% |
  | 1806 | 3,422 | +4.0% |
  | 1821 | 3,563 | +4.1% |
  | 1831 | 3,648 | +2.4% |
  | 1836 | 3,836 | +5.2% |
  | 1841 | 3,926 | +2.3% |
  | 1846 | 3,962 | +0.9% |
  | 1851 | 3,802 | −4.0% |
  | 1856 | 3,588 | −5.6% |
  | 1861 | 3,957 | +10.3% |
  | 1866 | 4,050 | +2.4% |
  | 1872 | 3,681 | −9.1% |
  | 1876 | 3,548 | −3.6% |
  | 1881 | 3,409 | −3.9% |
  | 1886 | 3,215 | −5.7% |
  | 1891 | 3,317 | +3.2% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1896 | 3,073 | −7.4% |
  | 1901 | 3,144 | +2.3% |
  | 1906 | 3,206 | +2.0% |
  | 1911 | 3,171 | −1.1% |
  | 1921 | 2,980 | −6.0% |
  | 1926 | 2,977 | −0.1% |
  | 1931 | 2,719 | −8.7% |
  | 1936 | 2,536 | −6.7% |
  | 1946 | 2,532 | −0.2% |
  | 1954 | 2,241 | −11.5% |
  | 1962 | 2,159 | −3.7% |
  | 1968 | 2,127 | −1.5% |
  | 1975 | 1,986 | −6.6% |
  | 1982 | 2,133 | +7.4% |
  | 1990 | 2,139 | +0.3% |
  | 1999 | 2,267 | +6.0% |
  | 2008 | 2,630 | +16.0% |
  
  ## 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 Saint-Thégonnec Parish close
  
  