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Querrien (; ) is a commune in the
Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.
department of
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
in northwestern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
.


Population

Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''.


Geography

The village centre is located north of
Quimperlé Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belo ...
.


Neighbouring communes

Querrien is border by
Lanvénégen Lanvénégen (; br, Lannejenn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Historically, Lanvénégen belongs to Cornouaille. The village centre is located north-west of Lorient and east of Quimpe ...
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 (french: Oui au breton, en, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the ( en, Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a ...
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

*
Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Mayors of Finistère Association


External links


Official website
Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub