Mahalon
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Quimper | |
Canton | Douarnenez | |
Community association | Cap Sizun-Pointe du Raz | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 2 ′ N , 4 ° 26 ′ W | |
height | 2–101 m | |
surface | 21.39 km 2 | |
Residents | 957 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29790 | |
INSEE code | 29143 | |
Website | http://www.mahalon.fr . | |
![]() Mairie Mahalon |
Mahalon ( Breton Mahalon ) is a French commune with 957 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the west of the Brittany region . It is located in the Finistère department on the Cap Sizun peninsula near the Atlantic coast. The Goyen River forms the northern boundary of the municipality. Quimper is 25 kilometers east, Brest 40 kilometers north and Paris around 520 kilometers east.
traffic
At Quimper there is the next exit on the expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) and a regional train station . There is a regional airport near the city of Brest .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 867 | 802 | 742 | 711 | 773 | 799 | 881 | 957 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Magloire church
- Saint-Pierre Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1154-1157.
Web links
Commons : Mahalon - collection of images, videos and audio files