Querrien
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Querrien
|native name = Kerien
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mairie de Querrien.JPG
|caption = Querrien village hall
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Querrien (Finistere).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.9606|-3.5356|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Quimper
|canton = Quimperlé
|INSEE = 29230
|postal code = 29310
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Quimperlé Communauté
|elevation min m = 13
|elevation max m = 172
|area km2 = 54.01
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Querrien ({{IPA|fr|kɛʁjɛ̃}}; {{Langx|br|Kerien}}) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French Querriennois.
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|28403|Querrien}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-29230#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2397
|1800 |2516
|1806 |2390
|1821 |2796
|1831 |2871
|1836 |2982
|1841 |3103
|1846 |3260
|1851 |3282
|1856 |3019
|1861 |2527
|1866 |2561
|1872 |2183
|1876 |2630
|1881 |2840
|1886 |3000
|1891 |3153
|1896 |3173
|1901 |3260
|1906 |3346
|1911 |3453
|1921 |3232
|1926 |3280
|1931 |3114
|1936 |3043
|1946 |3005
|1954 |2597
|1962 |2372
|1968 |2118
|1975 |1858
|1982 |1759
|1990 |1650
|1999 |1596
|2009 |1685
|2014 |1740
|2020 |1665
}}
Geography
The village centre is located {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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
{{wide image|Querrien_villages.png|400px|Topographic map}}
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 7 March 2007.
Gallery
File:Querrien Notre Dame de la Clarté.JPG|Chapel of Notre Dame de la Clarté
File:Fontaine La Clarté.jpg|Fountain of La Clarté
File:Manoir Kervagat Querrien (29).jpg| Manor of Kervagat
File:Stèle_gauloise_Querrien.jpg|Celtic stele of Kervagat
File:Querrien_moulin_de_Kerivarch.jpg| Mill of Kerivarch
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- [http://www.amf29.asso.fr/ Mayors of Finistère Association] {{in lang|fr}}
External links
{{commons category|Querrien}}
- [http://www.querrien.org Official website]
{{Finistère communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Finistère
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