Quistinic

Quistinic

Kistinid
Quistinic Kistinid
Commune
	The village of Poul-Fetan
	Coat of arms
	Location of Quistinic
	Quistinic Quistinic
	Coordinates: 47°54′21″N 3°07′59″W / 47.9058°N 3.1331°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Antoine Pichon
Area 1	42.95 km2 (16.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,421
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56188 /56310
Elevation	20–177 m (66–581 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quistinic (French pronunciation: [kistinik]; Breton: Kistinid) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3] Its sister city is the rural village of Loughshinny, which is in County Dublin, Ireland.^[4]

Population

The inhabitants of Quistinic are called Quistinicois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,385	—
1800	2,090	−1.87%
1806	2,241	+1.17%
1821	2,132	−0.33%
1831	2,453	+1.41%
1836	2,481	+0.23%
1841	2,422	−0.48%
1846	2,491	+0.56%
1851	2,559	+0.54%
1856	2,336	−1.81%
1861	2,312	−0.21%
1866	2,377	+0.56%
1872	2,286	−0.65%
1876	2,403	+1.26%
1881	2,460	+0.47%
1886	2,430	−0.25%
1891	2,378	−0.43%
1896	2,382	+0.03%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,556	+1.42%
1906	2,521	−0.28%
1911	2,555	+0.27%
1921	2,321	−0.96%
1926	2,565	+2.02%
1931	2,644	+0.61%
1936	2,639	−0.04%
1946	2,510	−0.50%
1954	2,226	−1.49%
1962	2,072	−0.89%
1968	1,901	−1.43%
1975	1,608	−2.36%
1982	1,517	−0.83%
1990	1,412	−0.89%
1999	1,312	−0.81%
2009	1,403	+0.67%
2014	1,429	+0.37%
2020	1,421	−0.09%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2020)^[6]

Toponymy

Quistinic is a word in the Breton language. It means "Chesnust Forest".

Geography

The village centre is located 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Lorient, 39 km (24 mi) northwest of Vannes and 110 km (68 mi) west of Rennes. Historically, Quistinic belongs to the Vannetais. The river Blavet forms the commune's eastern and southern borders. The neighborhood of the hamlet of Poul Fetan, in Quistinic, offers a nice view over the Blavet valley. Quistinic is characterised by a bocage landscape.

Neighboring communes

Quistinic is border by Bubry and Melrand to the north, by Saint-Barthélemy and Baud to the east, by Languidic to the south and by Lanvaudan to the west.

Map

Topographic map

Village of Poul-Fétan

Poul-Fétan which etymologically means "Lavoir (wash-house) of the fountain" (French: Lavoir de la fontaine) is an historical center that is located within Quistinic. This hamlet, originating in the sixteenth century, has been completely restored with traditional materials. The houses are covered with thatching, and the old lavoir and the ancient hemp rusting containers are present. Visitors can notably enter the Longère located in a farmhouse and witness an interior of the early twentieth century reconstituted and observe the craftsmen at work showing their expertise.^[7]