Querrien
Kerien | |
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Querrien village hall | |
| Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°W | |
| 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) |
| Population (2022) | 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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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.
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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
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
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Querrien, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
External links
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