Mellac
Mellag | |
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 The town hall in Mellac | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mellac | |
Mellac Mellac | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 3°34′36″W / 47.9047°N 3.5767°W / 47.9047; -3.5767 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Quimperlé |
| Intercommunality | CA Quimperlé Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Chapoulie1 |
Area 1 | 26.38 km2 (10.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 3,404 |
| • Density | 129.0/km2 (334.2/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. | |
Mellac (French pronunciation: [mɛlak]; Breton: Mellag) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French Mellacois.
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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
History
The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1562.
Gallery
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Manor of Kernault -
Granary of Manor of Kernault -
The parish church
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mellac, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
External links
- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French);