Mellac

Mellac (French pronunciation: [mɛlak]; Breton: Mellag) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Mellac Mellag
Commune
The town hall in Mellac
Coat of arms
Location of Mellac
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Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 3°34′36″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  (2022)[2]	3,371
• 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French Mellacois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,250 —     1800 1,312 +0.69% 1806 1,020 −4.11% 1821 1,216 +1.18% 1831 1,141 −0.63% 1836 1,259 +1.99% 1841 1,188 −1.15% 1846 1,299 +1.80% 1851 1,302 +0.05% 1856 1,272 −0.47% 1861 1,350 +1.20% 1866 1,370 +0.29% 1872 1,213 −2.01% 1876 1,326 +2.25% 1881 1,371 +0.67% 1886 1,409 +0.55% 1891 1,421 +0.17% 1896 1,496 +1.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,501 +0.07% 1906 1,475 −0.35% 1911 1,456 −0.26% 1921 1,469 +0.09% 1926 1,452 −0.23% 1931 1,435 −0.24% 1936 1,357 −1.11% 1946 1,412 +0.40% 1954 1,264 −1.37% 1962 1,283 +0.19% 1968 1,390 +1.34% 1975 1,638 +2.37% 1982 1,855 +1.79% 1990 2,192 +2.11% 1999 2,314 +0.60% 2009 2,618 +1.24% 2014 2,899 +2.06% 2020 3,303 +2.20%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Geography

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

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

Topographic map

History

The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1562.

Yves Tamic, mayor of Mellac from 1871 to 1891, in regional costume.

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

• Communes of the Finistère department