Questembert

Commune in Brittany, France

Questembert Kistreberzh
Commune
Covered market
Coat of arms
Location of Questembert
(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.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Questembert are called Questembertois. Its population was 7,723 as of 2018.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

Breton language

In 2008, 3.61% of local children attended bilingual schools in primary education, learning partly in Breton.^[5]

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Questembert.

Tourism Office website
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

Communes of the Morbihan department