Melgven

Melgven
Mêlwenn
Commune
The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
Melgven
Location within Brittany region
Melgven
Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.9067°N 3.8347°W / 47.9067; -3.8347Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.9067°N 3.8347°W / 47.9067; -3.8347
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Concarneau
Intercommunality Concarneau-Cornouaille
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Michelle Le Breton-Helwig
Area1 51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 3,243
  Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 29146 /29140
Elevation 1–155 m (3.3–508.5 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Melgven (Breton: Mêlwenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Population

Inhabitants of Melgven are called in French Melgvinois.

Historical population of Melgven
Year1793180018211831183618411846185118561861
Population2133223920092029219021952274229622412327
Year1866187218761881188618911896190119061911
Population2378244826322803287429502928293329492858
Year1921192619311936194619541962196819751982
Population2834287930232986301828862849307224032809
Year199019992008
Population298729473243

Sights

  • A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village[1]
  • Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle[1]
  • Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot[1]

See also

References

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