Querrien

Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°W / 47.9606; -3.5356
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Querrien
Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms of Querrien
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
Map
Querrien is located in France
Querrien
Querrien
Querrien is located in Brittany
Querrien
Querrien
Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°W / 47.9606; -3.5356
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonQuimperlé
IntercommunalityCA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Cado[1]
Area
1
54.01 km2 (20.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,655
 • Density31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29230 /29310
Elevation13–172 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.

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

Population[edit]

Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French Querriennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[edit]

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

Neighbouring communes[edit]

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[edit]

Topographic map

Breton language[edit]

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

Gallery[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Querrien, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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