Scaër

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
Scaër Scaër
Coordinates: 48°01′41″N 3°42′03″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Moëlan-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Le Goff
Area 1	117.58 km2 (45.40 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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.

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%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2019)

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.

See also

• The Cavalcade of Scaër
• Communes of the Finistère department

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)