# Quintin

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For the castle in Northern Ireland, see [Quintin Castle](/source/Quintin_Castle).

Commune in Brittany, France

Quintin Commune The lake and chateau of Quintin Coat of arms Location of Quintin Quintin Show map of France Quintin Show map of Brittany Coordinates: 48°24′16″N 2°54′29″W / 48.4044°N 2.9081°W / 48.4044; -2.9081 Country France Region Brittany Department Côtes-d'Armor Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc Canton Plélo Intercommunality Saint-Brieuc Armor Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicolas Carro[1] Area 1 3.12 km2 (1.20 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 2,739 • Density 878/km2 (2,270/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 22262 /22800 Elevation 154–220 m (505–722 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Quintin** (French pronunciation: [\[kɛ̃tɛ̃\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Marxav-Quintin.wav); [Breton](/source/Breton_language): *Kintin*) is a commune in the [Cotes-d'Armor](/source/Cotes-d'Armor) department ([Brittany](/source/Brittany_(administrative_region)) region) in the northwest of [France](/source/France) 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from [Saint-Brieuc](/source/Saint-Brieuc), the department capital.

## History

The area around Quintin has been occupied since the [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic). Early Quintin was originally located near [Vieux-Bourg](/source/Vieux-Bourg) but, following a plague epidemic, the city moved to its current location. Quintin in Roman times was located on a crossroads but significantly developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, due to the weaving industry and the trade of linen cloth. Still, the decline came with the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) and [cotton](/source/Cotton) gradually taking the lead over [linen](/source/Linen). At the height Quintin had 300 weavers. Quintin was also a monastic center. But despite its monuments and mansions that one can still see the city, it no longer has the importance it once had. The French Revolution and the wars of religion have left the fabric of the ancient and medieval city devastated.[3] In 1843, the geographical and historical dictionary of the province of Brittany, by Jean Ogée explains that the denizens of Quintin speak French and Breton.[4]

## Population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,336 — 1800 4,073 −0.89% 1806 3,864 −0.87% 1821 4,252 +0.64% 1831 4,293 +0.10% 1836 4,454 +0.74% 1841 4,112 −1.59% 1846 4,021 −0.45% 1851 3,763 −1.32% 1856 3,617 −0.79% 1861 3,710 +0.51% 1866 3,690 −0.11% 1872 3,411 −1.30% 1876 3,331 −0.59% 1881 3,281 −0.30% 1886 3,319 +0.23% 1891 3,186 −0.81% 1896 3,194 +0.05% 1901 3,198 +0.03% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,948 −1.61% 1911 2,823 −0.86% 1921 2,451 −1.40% 1926 2,300 −1.26% 1931 2,190 −0.98% 1936 2,574 +3.28% 1946 2,768 +0.73% 1954 2,643 −0.58% 1962 2,593 −0.24% 1968 2,727 +0.84% 1975 2,857 +0.67% 1982 2,814 −0.22% 1990 2,602 −0.97% 1999 2,611 +0.04% 2007 2,844 +1.07% 2012 2,826 −0.13% 2017 2,838 +0.08% 2023 2,739 −0.59% Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)[6]

Inhabitants of Quintin are called *quintinais* in French.

Quintin town hall

Quintin seen from the lake.

Quintin Basilica

## Mayor

- 1929 1940 [Alfred Duault](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Duault&action=edit&redlink=1)

- March 2001 2008 [Claude Morin](/source/Claude_Morin_(Beauce_politician))

- March 2008 March 2014 [Yves Briens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yves_Briens&action=edit&redlink=1)

- from March 2014 [Mireille Airault](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mireille_Airault&action=edit&redlink=1)

## See also

- [Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department](/source/Communes_of_the_C%C3%B4tes-d'Armor_department)

- [Élie Le Goff](/source/%C3%89lie_Le_Goff). Sculptor of Quintin war memorial

- [Frome St Quintin](/source/Frome_St_Quintin), Dorset, England

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-22262) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Mickael Gendry, Quintin. Genèse et développement d'un bourg castral, éd. (Edilivre, 2012), p185.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Par Jean Ogée, Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne,(Mollieux, 1853) [page](https://books.google.com/books?id=oUA-AAAAYAAJ)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ehess_5-0)** *Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui*: [Commune data sheet Quintin](http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=28507), [EHESS](/source/School_for_Advanced_Studies_in_the_Social_Sciences) (in French).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_6-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-22262#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Quintin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quintin).

- [Official website](http://www.quintin.fr) (in French)

- [Base Mérimée](/source/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e): [Search for heritage in the commune](https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/recherche-avancee), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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