Querrien

Querrien (French pronunciation: ​[kɛʁjɛ̃]; Breton: Kerien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Querrien
Kerien
Commune
Querrien village hall
Coat of arms
Location of Querrien
Querrien
Querrien
Coordinates: 47°57′38″N 3°32′08″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonQuimperlé
IntercommunalityQuimperlé Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Cado
Area
1
54.01 km2 (20.85 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
1,689
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29230 /29310
Elevation13–172 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French Querriennois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,397—    
1800 2,516+0.69%
1806 2,390−0.85%
1821 2,796+1.05%
1831 2,871+0.27%
1836 2,982+0.76%
1841 3,103+0.80%
1846 3,260+0.99%
1851 3,282+0.13%
1856 3,019−1.66%
1861 2,527−3.50%
1866 2,561+0.27%
1872 2,183−2.63%
1876 2,630+4.77%
1881 2,840+1.55%
1886 3,000+1.10%
1891 3,153+1.00%
1896 3,173+0.13%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,260+0.54%
1906 3,346+0.52%
1911 3,453+0.63%
1921 3,232−0.66%
1926 3,280+0.30%
1931 3,114−1.03%
1936 3,043−0.46%
1946 3,005−0.13%
1954 2,597−1.81%
1962 2,372−1.13%
1968 2,118−1.87%
1975 1,858−1.85%
1982 1,759−0.78%
1990 1,650−0.80%
1999 1,596−0.37%
2007 1,663+0.52%
2012 1,731+0.80%
2017 1,739+0.09%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Breton language

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

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Querrien, EHESS. (in French)
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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