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Commune in Brittany, France
Melgven Mêlwenn
Commune
The chapel of La Trinité, in MelgvenThe chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
Location of Melgven
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Coordinates: 47°54′24″N 3°50′05″W / 47.9067°N 3.8347°W / 47.9067; -3.8347
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonConcarneau
IntercommunalityConcarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Catherine Esvant
Area51.17 km (19.76 sq mi)
Population3,388
 • Density66/km (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code29146 /29140
Elevation1–155 m (3.3–508.5 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Melgven (French pronunciation: [mɛlvɛ̃]; Breton: Mêlwenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

Climate

Melgven has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Melgven is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,132.0 mm (44.57 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.1 °C (64.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Melgven was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 17 January 1985.

Climate data for Melgven (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−2017)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.5
(59.9) 		19.0
(66.2) 		24.0
(75.2) 		26.8
(80.2) 		30.5
(86.9) 		34.6
(94.3) 		36.5
(97.7) 		39.2
(102.6) 		31.6
(88.9) 		29.5
(85.1) 		19.8
(67.6) 		17.0
(62.6) 		39.2
(102.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9) 		10.0
(50.0) 		12.5
(54.5) 		14.7
(58.5) 		18.2
(64.8) 		21.4
(70.5) 		23.4
(74.1) 		23.5
(74.3) 		21.2
(70.2) 		16.9
(62.4) 		12.7
(54.9) 		10.0
(50.0) 		16.2
(61.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.5
(43.7) 		6.6
(43.9) 		8.5
(47.3) 		10.1
(50.2) 		13.4
(56.1) 		16.2
(61.2) 		18.1
(64.6) 		18.1
(64.6) 		16.0
(60.8) 		12.9
(55.2) 		9.2
(48.6) 		7.0
(44.6) 		11.9
(53.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.6
(38.5) 		3.2
(37.8) 		4.5
(40.1) 		5.5
(41.9) 		8.6
(47.5) 		11.0
(51.8) 		12.8
(55.0) 		12.6
(54.7) 		10.8
(51.4) 		8.9
(48.0) 		5.7
(42.3) 		4.0
(39.2) 		7.6
(45.7)
Record low °C (°F) −11.0
(12.2) 		−10.0
(14.0) 		−8.0
(17.6) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		2.2
(36.0) 		4.0
(39.2) 		4.0
(39.2) 		3.0
(37.4) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−11.0
(12.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 129.9
(5.11) 		100.9
(3.97) 		89.9
(3.54) 		78.2
(3.08) 		83.4
(3.28) 		55.4
(2.18) 		63.0
(2.48) 		64.0
(2.52) 		80.2
(3.16) 		121.4
(4.78) 		128.4
(5.06) 		137.4
(5.41) 		1,132
(44.57)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16.0 12.8 13.0 12.2 11.1 8.2 9.6 8.6 9.5 14.9 15.2 15.7 146.8
Source: Meteociel

Population

Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,133—    
1800 2,239+0.70%
1806 1,759−3.94%
1821 2,009+0.89%
1831 2,029+0.10%
1836 2,190+1.54%
1841 2,195+0.05%
1846 2,274+0.71%
1851 2,296+0.19%
1856 2,241−0.48%
1861 2,327+0.76%
1866 2,378+0.43%
1872 2,448+0.48%
1876 2,632+1.83%
1881 2,803+1.27%
1886 2,874+0.50%
1891 2,950+0.52%
1896 2,928−0.15%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,933+0.03%
1906 2,949+0.11%
1911 2,858−0.62%
1921 2,834−0.08%
1926 2,879+0.32%
1931 3,023+0.98%
1936 2,986−0.25%
1946 3,018+0.11%
1954 2,886−0.56%
1962 2,849−0.16%
1968 3,072+1.26%
1975 2,403−3.45%
1982 2,809+2.26%
1990 2,987+0.77%
1999 2,947−0.15%
2007 3,215+1.09%
2012 3,404+1.15%
2017 3,356−0.28%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Sights

  • A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village
  • Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle
  • Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot

Gallery

  • Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou
  • Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven) Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)
  • Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven) Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. "Normales et records pour Melgven (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Melgven, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Official site

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