Scaër

Commune in Brittany, France

Scaër Skaer
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Scaër
(2020–2026)		Jean-Yves Le Goff^[1]
Area ¹	117.58 km² (45.40 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,223
• Density	44/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.

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

Population

Inhabitants of Scaër are called in French Scaërois. Scaër's population peaked at 7,838 in 1946 and has since declined to 5,245 in 2020. This represents a 33% 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%
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%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
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%
2009	5,244	−0.04%
2014	5,382	+0.52%
2020	5,245	−0.43%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2019)^[4]

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 20 March 2007.

In 2008, 11.62% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Scaër, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scaër.

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)