Melgven

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Melgven
Mêlwenn
Commune
The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
Location of Melgven
Melgven is located in France
Melgven
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
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonConcarneau
IntercommunalityConcarneau-Cornouaille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Catherine Esvant
Area
1
51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
3,396
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29146 /29140
Elevation1–155 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.

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

Population[]

Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,133—    
1800 2,239+0.70%
1806 1,759−3.94%
1821 2,009+0.89%
1831 2,029+0.10%
1836 2,190+1.54%
1841 2,195+0.05%
1846 2,274+0.71%
1851 2,296+0.19%
1856 2,241−0.48%
1861 2,327+0.76%
1866 2,378+0.43%
1872 2,448+0.48%
1876 2,632+1.83%
1881 2,803+1.27%
1886 2,874+0.50%
1891 2,950+0.52%
1896 2,928−0.15%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,933+0.03%
1906 2,949+0.11%
1911 2,858−0.62%
1921 2,834−0.08%
1926 2,879+0.32%
1931 3,023+0.98%
1936 2,986−0.25%
1946 3,018+0.11%
1954 2,886−0.56%
1962 2,849−0.16%
1968 3,072+1.26%
1975 2,403−3.45%
1982 2,809+2.26%
1990 2,987+0.77%
1999 2,947−0.15%
2007 3,215+1.09%
2012 3,404+1.15%
2017 3,356−0.28%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Sights[]

  • A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village[4]
  • Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle[4]
  • Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot[4]

Gallery[]

  • Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou

  • Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)

  • Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Melgven, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Official site

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