Melgven
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Melgven Mêlwenn |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Quimper | |
| Canton | Concarneau | |
| Community association | Concarneau Cornouaille agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 54 ′ N , 3 ° 50 ′ W | |
| height | 1–155 m | |
| surface | 51.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,356 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 66 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29140 | |
| INSEE code | 29146 | |
| Website | http://www.melgven.fr/ | |
Melgven ( Breton Mêlwenn ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 3,356 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
location
The place is located in the southwest of Brittany about eight kilometers north of the Atlantic coast . The touristic places Concarneau and Pont-Aven are only a few kilometers away .
Quimper is 22 kilometers northwest, Lorient 38 kilometers southeast and Brest 70 kilometers northwest of Melgven.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2849 | 3072 | 2403 | 2809 | 2987 | 2947 | 3215 | 3356 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
The Allée couverte of Loch Korrigan is located southwest of Melgven. See also: List of Monuments historiques in Melgven
Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou chapel
Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Church
Saint-Antoine chapel
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traffic
The next exit is Pont-Aven / Melgven on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) and in Bannalec there is a regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line.
There are regional airports near Lorient and Brest .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 63-68.
