Quimperlé

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Commune of Quimperlé
Location
Longitude -3.55°
Latitude 47.87°
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Canton of Quimperlé
(chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Quimperlé
Mayor Daniel Le Bras
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 2 m–83 m
(avg. m)
Land area¹ 31.73 km²
Population²
(1999)
10,850
 - Density (1999) 342/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 29233/ 29300
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Quimperlé (Kemperle in Breton) is a commune in the French département of Finistère. It is located in the region of Bretagne Brittany. It has 11,532 inhabitants (2002).

The town is situated at the confluence of the Isole and Ellé rivers that combine to form La Laïta.

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