Melgven

Melgven Mêlwenn
Melgven
Location within Brittany region  Melgven
Administration
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Bannalec
Intercommunality	Concarneau-Cornouaille
Mayor	Michelle Le Breton-Helwig (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	1–155 m (3.3–509 ft)
Land area1	51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi)
Population2	3,243  (2008)
- Density	63 /km2 (160 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29146/ 29140
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.

Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.9067°N 3.8347°W / 47.9067; -3.8347

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

1793	1800	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861
2133	2239	2009	2029	2190	2195	2274	2296	2241	2327

1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
2378	2448	2632	2803	2874	2950	2928	2933	2949	2858

1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982
2834	2879	3023	2986	3018	2886	2849	3072	2403	2809

1990	1999	2008
2987	2947	3243

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

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ ^{a b c} Official site

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Melgven (French)

Twining

• Interstate Committee of Melgven