Melgven
Melgven (Breton: Mêlwenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Melgven
Mêlwenn | |
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![]() The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven | |
Location of Melgven ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Concarneau |
Intercommunality | Concarneau-Cornouaille |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Esvant |
Area 1 | 51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 3,356 |
• Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
Population
Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.
Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 | 1861 |
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Population | 2133 | 2239 | 2009 | 2029 | 2190 | 2195 | 2274 | 2296 | 2241 | 2327 |
Year | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 | 1911 |
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Population | 2378 | 2448 | 2632 | 2803 | 2874 | 2950 | 2928 | 2933 | 2949 | 2858 |
Year | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 |
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Population | 2834 | 2879 | 3023 | 2986 | 3018 | 2886 | 2849 | 3072 | 2403 | 2809 |
Year | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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Population | 2987 | 2947 | 3243 |
Sights
Gallery
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou
- Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)
- Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Official site
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melgven. |
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Twinning
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