Querrien
Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms of Querrien
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
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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

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%
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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

See also

References

  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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