Melgven

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

Melgven Mêlwenn
Commune
The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
Location of Melgven
Melgven Melgven
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 km^2 (19.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,356
• Density	66/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.

Historical population of Melgven

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

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

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

Year	1990	1999	2008
Population	2987	2947	3243

Sights

• A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village[2]
• Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle[2]
• Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot[2]

Gallery

• 
  Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou
• 
  Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)
• 
  Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Official site

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

Twinning

• Interstate Committee of Melgven
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)