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History

The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin was originally located near 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 and cotton gradually taking the lead over 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.Mickael Gendry, Quintin. Genèse et développement d'un bourg castral, éd. (Edilivre, 2012), p185.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.Par Jean Ogée, Dictionnaire historique et géographique de la province de Bretagne,(Mollieux, 1853) page

Population

{{Historical populations| align = none| cols = 2| percentages = pagr28507|Quintin}} and INSEE (1968-2017)Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE| graph-pos = bottom 4336 4073 3864 4252 4293 4454 4112 4021 3763 3617 3710 3690 3411 3331 3281 3319 3186 3194 3198 2948 2823 2451 2300 2190 2574 2768 2643 2593 2727 2857 2814 2602 2611 2844 2826 2838}}Inhabitants of Quintin are called in French.(File:Quintin - Hôtel de ville.jpg|thumb|left|Quintin town hall)(File:Quintin - Étang.jpg|thumb|center|Quintin seen from the lake.) (file:Quintin (22) Basilique 07.JPG |thumb|right|Quintin Basilica)

Mayor

• 1929 1940 Alfred Duault
• March 2001 2008 Claude Morin
• March 2008 March 2014 Yves Briens
• from March 2014 Mireille Airault

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Élie Le Goff. Sculptor of Quintin war memorial

References

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External links

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• {{Official websiteweblink}} {{in lang|fr}}
• {{Search Mérimée|22262}}

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