Querrien

Querrien Kerien
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms
Querrien
Location within Brittany region  Querrien
Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°WCoordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W / 47.9606°N 3.5356°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Scaër
Intercommunality	Pays de Quimperlé
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Lafitte
Area^1	54.01 km^2 (20.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,674
• Density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Querrien (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 of Querrien

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	2397	2516	2390	2796	2871	2982	3103	3260	3282	3019

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	2527	2561	2183	2630	2840	3000	3153	3173	3260	3346

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	3453	3232	3280	3114	3043	3005	2597	2372	2118	1858

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	1759	1650	1596	1674

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on March 7, 2007.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

• Official website