Querrien

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

Key Information

Querrien Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
Querrien Show map of France Querrien 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[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.
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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%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

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

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.

Topographic map

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

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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

• Communes of the Finistère department

• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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