Querrien

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

Querrien Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
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Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Cado[1]
Area 1	54.01 km2 (20.85 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,654
• Density	31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29230 /29310
Elevation	13–172 m (43–564 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,260 +0.54% 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% 2009 1,685 +0.54% 2014 1,740 +0.64% 2020 1,665 −0.73%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Geography

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

Neighbouring communes

Querrien is border by Lanvénégen to north, by Meslan and Locunolé to east, by Tréméven and Mellac to south and by Saint-Thurien to west.

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

• 
  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