Quéven
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Quéven Kewenn |
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The Chapel of the Trinity, in Quéven
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 Quéven
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Location within Brittany region
Quéven
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| Coordinates: 47°47′22″N 3°24′50″W / 47.7894°N 3.4139°WCoordinates: 47°47′22″N 3°24′50″W / 47.7894°N 3.4139°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Ploemeur |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
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| • Mayor (2014—2020) | Marc Boutruche |
| Area1 | 23.93 km2 (9.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 8,643 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56185 /56530 |
| Elevation | 2–66 m (6.6–216.5 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Quéven [kevɑ̃] (Breton: Kewenn) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
During World War I , Quéven lost one hundred and one of its children.
In January 1945, the city of Toulouse accepted , via its mayor the adoption of the wounded city and in consequence the sponsorship proposed the 23th of December 1945 by the Mayor, .
In memory of this help the city of Quéven will inaugurate a "Place de Toulouse" and Toulouse a "Rue de Quéven".
The city of Queven has been honoured the 25th of September 1949 with Cross of War 1929-1945 by the citation the 11th of November 1948 of the Ministry of the Armed Force, .
Quéven is twinned with:
Inhabitants of Quéven are called in French Quévenois.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on September the 26th of 2008.
In 2008, there was 1,83% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.
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