Quéven
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Quéven is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Morbihan
Morbihan
Morbihan is a department in Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan , the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastline.-History:...

 department of Brittany in north-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Twin towns

Quéven is twinned with:
  • Dunmanway
    Dunmanway
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     (Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

    )
  • Koro
    Koro
    Koro is a Japanese incense burner or censer often used in Japanese tea ceremonies.Examples are usually of globular form with three feet, made in pottery, Imari porcelain, Kakiemon, Satsuma, enamel or bronze....

     (Mali
    Mali
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    )
  • Altenkunstadt
    Altenkunstadt
    Altenkunstadt is a municipality in the district of Lichtenfels in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the left or south bank of the River Main across the valley from Burgkunstadt which sits on the hillside to the north....

  • Weismain
    Weismain
    Weismain is a town in the district of Lichtenfels, in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 15 km west of Kulmbach, and 15 km southeast of Lichtenfels....

     in Bavaria
    Bavaria
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     (Germany
    Germany
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    )

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg
Ya d'ar brezhoneg
Ya d'ar brezhoneg is a campaign launched by the Ofis ar Brezhoneg in order to stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, western France. In the first phase, started on 5 October 2001, civil society was targeted. Over 560 enterprises and organisations have signed the...

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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