Querrien

Querrien Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
Querrien Location within France Show map of France Querrien Location within Brittany Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°W / 47.9606; -3.5356
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Cado
Area 1	54.01 km2 (20.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Lowest elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2023)	1,645
• Density	30.46/km2 (78.88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29230 /29310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Querrien (French pronunciation: [kɛʁjɛ̃]; Breton: Kerien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French Querriennois.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,397 —     1800 2,516 +0.69% 1806 2,390 −0.85% 1821 2,796 +1.05% 1831 2,871 +0.27% 1836 2,982 +0.76% 1841 3,103 +0.80% 1846 3,260 +0.99% 1851 3,282 +0.13% 1856 3,019 −1.66% 1861 2,527 −3.50% 1866 2,561 +0.27% 1872 2,183 −2.63% 1876 2,630 +4.77% 1881 2,840 +1.55% 1886 3,000 +1.10% 1891 3,153 +1.00% 1896 3,173 +0.13% 1901 3,260 +0.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 3,346 +0.52% 1911 3,453 +0.63% 1921 3,232 −0.66% 1926 3,280 +0.30% 1931 3,114 −1.03% 1936 3,043 −0.46% 1946 3,005 −0.13% 1954 2,597 −1.81% 1962 2,372 −1.13% 1968 2,118 −1.87% 1975 1,858 −1.85% 1982 1,759 −0.78% 1990 1,650 −0.80% 1999 1,596 −0.37% 2007 1,663 +0.52% 2012 1,731 +0.80% 2017 1,739 +0.09% 2023 1,645 −0.92%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

Geography

The village centre is located 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Quimperlé.

Map

Topographic map

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 7 March 2007.

Gallery

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  Chapel of Notre Dame de la Clarté
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  Fountain of La Clarté
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  Manor of Kervagat
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  Celtic stele of Kervagat
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  Mill of Kerivarch

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

External links

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• Official website

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