Quéven
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Morbihan | |
Arrondissement | Lorient | |
Canton | Ploemeur | |
Community association | Lorient agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 47 ′ N , 3 ° 25 ′ W | |
height | 2-66 m | |
surface | 23.93 km 2 | |
Residents | 8,676 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 363 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 56530 | |
INSEE code | 56185 | |
Website | www.queven.com/ | |
Trinity Chapel in Quéven |
Quéven ( bret. : Kewenn ) is a French municipality with 8676 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It is located near the Atlantic coast in the Lorient arrondissement and in the canton of Ploemeur .
In February 2016, Quéven was one of 13 municipalities that belonged to level 3 of the Charter Ya d'ar brezhoneg for the promotion of the Breton language.
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Quéven
Town twinning
Quéven has twinning partnerships with the following cities and municipalities:
- Dunmanway in Ireland
- Koro in Mali
- Altenkunstadt in Germany, since 2006
- Weismain in Germany, since 2006
- Burgkunstadt in Germany, since 2011
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 772-775.
Web links
Commons : Quéven - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (French)