Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in northwestern
France
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''.
Geography
The village centre is located north of
Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ...
Meslan
Meslan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French ''Meslannais''.
Geography
Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the ...
and
Locunolé
Locunolé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Toponymy
From the Breton ''loc'' which means hermitage and 'unolé' which derive from Saint Guénolé.
Geography
The village centre is located ...
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the
Breton language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albei ...
through
Ya d'ar brezhoneg
(, ) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the () to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language which has fallen out of general use since the ...
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
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Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):