Questembert
Kistreberzh | |
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Coordinates: 47°39′43″N 2°27′07″W / 47.662°N 2.452°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Vannes |
Canton | Questembert |
Intercommunality | Questembert Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Boris Lemaire [1] |
Area 1 | 66.38 km2 (25.63 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 8,001 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
56184 /56230 |
Elevation | 27–128 m (89–420 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Questembert (French pronunciation: [kɛstɑ̃bɛʁ]; Breton: Kistreberzh) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. [3]
It is located approximately 25 km (16 mi) from Vannes.
Inhabitants of Questembert are called Questembertois. Its population was 7,723 as of 2018.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,209 | — |
1975 | 4,661 | +1.47% |
1982 | 4,961 | +0.90% |
1990 | 5,076 | +0.29% |
1999 | 5,727 | +1.35% |
2007 | 6,720 | +2.02% |
2012 | 7,449 | +2.08% |
2017 | 7,585 | +0.36% |
Source: INSEE [4] |
In 2008, 3.61% of local children attended bilingual schools in primary education, learning partly in Breton. [5]