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Melgven
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Melgven (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
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Melgven is a commune in France, situated in the Finistère department within the Brittany region. It is part of the arrondissement of Quimper and the Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération. The administrative entity has at various times been associated with the canton of Bannalec and the canton of Concarneau. The official name of the municipality is Melgven, and its residents are referred to as Melgvinois and Melgvinoises.
The area of the commune is 51.17 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level recorded as 155 meters. Its population is listed as 3,496, comprising 1,675 males and 1,681 females. Melgven shares borders with Rosporden, Trégunc, Concarneau, and Pont-Aven. The postal code for the area is 29140.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melgven
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,115
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Melgven
- French commune.native name
- Mêlwenn
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Melgven (29) La Trinité 01.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The chapel of La Trinité, in Melgven
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1
- French commune.elevation max m
- 155
- French commune.INSEE
- 29146
- French commune.postal code
- 29140
- French commune.arrondissement
- Quimper
- French commune.canton
- Concarneau
- French commune.mayor
- Catherine Esvant
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
- French commune.area km2
- 51.17
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Melgven
- Demonym
- Melgvinoises
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération
- Population
- 3371
- Area
- 51.17
- Elevation
- 90
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Trégunc
- Official website
- melgven.fr
- Image
- 15 Melgven Chapelle de la Trinité.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melgven
- postal code
- 29140
- associated electoral district
- canton of Concarneau
- different from
- Malgven
- male population
- 1675
- female population
- 1681
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-98-97-90-11
- fax number
- +33-2-98-50-92-30
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Melgven (; ) 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 . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Melgven was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.
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