Saint-Pern

Saint-Pern Saent-Pèrn (Gallo) Sant-Pern (Breton)
Commune
The town hall of Saint-Pern
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pern
Saint-Pern Location within France Saint-Pern Location within Brittany
Coordinates: 48°17′19″N 1°59′07″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Montauban-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Saint-Méen Montauban
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Hélène Frenoy
Area 1	12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	966
• Density	79.6/km2 (206/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35307 /35190
Elevation	56–181 m (184–594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pern (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɛʁn]; Breton: Sant-Pern; Gallo: Saent-Pèrn) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Saint-Pern is the burial place of Saint Jeanne Jugan, where the motherhouse of the Little Sisters of the Poor at La Tour St. Joseph is located.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Pern are called saint-pernais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	865	—
1975	852	−0.22%
1982	773	−1.38%
1990	710	−1.06%
1999	781	+1.06%
2007	904	+1.84%
2012	994	+1.92%
2017	1,033	+0.77%
2023	966	−1.11%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association Archived 14 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)