Merlevenez

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Merlevenez
Brelevenez
Coat of arms of Merlevenez
Merlevenez (France)
Merlevenez
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Pluvigner
Community association Blavet Bellevue Océan
Coordinates 47 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W
height 1-40 m
surface 17.67 km 2
Residents 3,207 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 181 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56700
INSEE code
Website www.merlevenez.com

Fontaine de Kergornet

Merlevenez is a French municipality with 3207 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .

geography

The municipality is located in the southwest of the department about 5 kilometers east of the agglomeration of Lorient between the Blavet and the Ria d'Étel .

Merlevenez borders the municipality of Kervignac in the north, Nostang and Sainte-Hélène in the east, Plouhinec in the south, Riantec in the south -west and Locmiquelic in the far west . The settlement can be found almost exclusively in the centrally located town of Melevenez.

history

The town was founded by the Knights Templar , who built a monastery and a chapel there in the 12th century. The place name changes several times and is first found in 1367 as Breullenevez . Merlevenez received the status of a municipality in 1790 and initially belonged to the canton of Kervignac, in 1801 the municipality was assigned to the canton of Port-Louis .

Attractions

Church Notre-Dame de Joie

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Merlevenez

traffic

The community is connected to the French trunk road network ( N24 , N165 ) northwards via the D9 to Hennebont and eastwards via the D33 to Landévant . The greater Lorient area west of the Blavet is reached via the D194, which branches off from the D9 in the neighboring municipality of Kervignac . The D9 leads in the south over the Ria d'Étel to Belz , the D33 in the south-west to Riantec .

The nearest regional train stations are in Hennebont, Brandérion and Landévant, with long-distance connections in Lorient and Auray . The closest airport is Lorient Bretagne Sud . There are bus connections (Monday to Saturday) to Lorient and Belz. Until 1939 Merlevenez was connected to the railway network of the Chemins de fer du Morbihan .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 781-782.

Web links

Commons : Merlevenez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.infobretagne.com/merlevenez.htm accessed on December 28, 2013
  2. Réseau des Transports Interurbains du Morbihan (TIM) ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Status: December 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.morbihan.fr