Sains, Ille-et-Vilaine

Sains (Breton: Sent) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Sains Sent
Commune
The town hall of Sains
Location of Sains
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Coordinates: 48°33′07″N 1°34′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint-Malo
Canton	Dol-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michel Blin
Area ^1	10.25 km^2 (3.96 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	483
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35248 /35610
Elevation	19–96 m (62–315 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	543	—
1968	569	+4.8%
1975	628	+10.4%
1982	667	+6.2%
1990	569	−14.7%
1999	504	−11.4%
2009	483	−4.2%

Inhabitants of Sains are called sainsois in French.

Geography

St Peter's church

• The Église Saint-Pierre is in the Gothic revival style; it was mainly built between 1861 and 1868 by Jean-Gabriel Frangeul to the designs of Eugène Hawke. The tower and spire are the work of Alfred-Louis Frangeul (his son), 1893-1894.[2][3]
• The Étang du Bourg, a mesotrophic pond[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Véronique Orain (ed.), Ille-et-Vilaine. Églises et chapelles. Rennes: Service de l'Inventaire, Indicateurs du Patrimoine, 1996; p. 236
3. Mérimée
4. Louis Diard, La flore d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Atlas floristique de Bretagne. Rennes: Siloë, 2005; p. 64.

• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)

External links

Media related to Sains (Ille-et-Vilaine) at Wikimedia Commons

• French Ministry of Culture list for Sains (in French)