Quévert

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Quévert
Kever
Coat of arms of Quévert
Quévert (France)
Quévert
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Dinan
Canton Dinan
Community association Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates 48 ° 28 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W
height 49-130 m
surface 12.48 km 2
Residents 3,749 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 300 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22100
INSEE code

Saint Laurent Church

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Quévert ( Breton : Kever ) is a municipality with 3749 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the west of France in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . Quévert belongs to the Arrondissement of Dinan and the Canton of Dinan . The inhabitants are called Quévertois .

geography

Quévert is a banlieue to the west of Dinan . Quévert is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Taden in the north and east, Dinan in the east and south-east, Trélivan in the south, Aucaleuc in the west and south-west and Corseul in the west and north-west. The national route 176 runs through the municipality .

history

Quévert has existed since the 12th century. It has been an independent municipality since 1790.

In April 2000 there was a bomb attack in a fast food restaurant by Breton independence fighters.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,415 1,542 2,579 2,924 3,007 3.118 3,360 3,687
Source: INSEE

Attractions

  • Sainte-Anne-du-Rocher chapel from the 14th century
  • Saint-Laurent church from the 14th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 287-288.

Web links

Commons : Quévert  - collection of images, videos and audio files