QUIMPERLÉ, a town of France, in the department of Finistère, at the confluence of the Isle and Ellé, 57 miles S.E. of Brest. It has a picturesque situation among high hills; and contains a curious old round church, a large Benedictine convent (now the residence of the mayor), Capuchin and Ursuline convents, a college, and a court of justice. Leather, paper, and wooden shoes are made here; and there is some trade in these articles, corn, and cattle. Vessels of considerable size can come up to the town, and discharge their cargoes at a spacious quay lined with good warehouses and other buildings. Pop. (1856) 5902.