Mellac
Mellag | |
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The town hall in Mellac | |
Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 3°34′36″W / 47.9047°N 3.5767°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Quimperlé |
Intercommunality | CA Quimperlé Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Chapoulie[1] |
Area 1 | 26.38 km2 (10.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,329 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29147 /29300 |
Elevation | 12–101 m (39–331 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Mellac (French pronunciation: [mɛlak]; Breton: Mellag) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French Mellacois.
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4] |
Geography
[edit]The village centre is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northeast of Quimperlé. Historically, Mellac belongs to Cornouaille. The river Isole forms the commune's northern and eastern borders.
Neighboring communes
[edit]Mellac is border by Saint-Thurien and Querrien to the north, by Tréméven to the east, by Quimperlé and Baye to the south and by Le Trévoux and Bannalec to the west.
Map
[edit]History
[edit]The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1562.
![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Tamic_ancien_maire_Mellac.jpg/220px-Tamic_ancien_maire_Mellac.jpg)
Gallery
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Manor of Kernault
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Granary of Manor of Kernault
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The parish church
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mellac, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French);