Melgven

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Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.90667, -3.83472

Commune of Melgven

Mêlwenn

Location

Coordinates

47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.90667, -3.83472

Administration

Bannalec

C.C. de Concarneau-Cornouaille

Mayor

Michelle Helgwig
(2001-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

1 m–155 m

Land area^¹

51.17 km²

Population^²
(1999)

2,947

- Density

58/km² (1999)

Miscellaneous

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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Melgven (Breton: Mêlwenn) is a French commune located in the Finistère département, in the Bretagne région.

1 Demographics
2 Monuments
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 2,947.

[edit] Monuments

A gothic church from the XIVth 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]