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Milizac
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Milizac (; ) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Milizac-Guipronvel. Milizac lies along the D38 road about halfway between Saint-Renan and Bourg-Blanc, northwest of Brest. It contains a 17th-century parish church dedicated to Saint Anne, the Ecole Marcel Ayme, and a memorial dedicated to 95 local people who lost their lives in various wars.
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Milizac was a commune in the Finistère department of the Brittany region in France. It was situated in the arrondissement of Brest and the canton of Saint-Renan. The area covered 33.23 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 101 meters. The population was recorded as 3,719, and the residents were known as Milizacois and Milizacoises.
The commune shared borders with Guilers, Bohars, Bourg-Blanc, and Brest. It had a postal code of 29290. On December 31, 2016, Milizac was dissolved and replaced by the new commune of Milizac-Guipronvel.
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- Locality
- Milizac-Guipronvel
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,038
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Milizac
- French commune.native name
- Milizag
- French commune.image
- 06 Milizac Eglise paroissiale.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The parish church in Milizac
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Milizac (Finistère).svg
- French commune.elevation min m
- 32
- French commune.elevation max m
- 101
- French commune.INSEE
- 29149
- French commune.postal code
- 29290
- French commune.arrondissement
- Brest
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Renan
- French commune.commune
- Milizac-Guipronvel
- French commune.area km2
- 33.23
- French commune.population
- 3923
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Milizac
- Demonym
- Milizacoises
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Brest
- Population
- 3148
- Area
- 33.23
- Elevation
- 85
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Tréouergat
- Official website
- www.milizac.fr
- Image
- 06 Milizac Eglise paroissiale.JPG
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- Commons category
- Milizac
- postal code
- 29290
- Commons gallery
- Milizac
- replaced by
- Milizac-Guipronvel
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Renan
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Coat of arms
- Landmarks
- Population
- Breton language
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Milizac (; ) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Milizac-Guipronvel. Milizac lies along the D38 road about halfway between Saint-Renan and Bourg-Blanc, northwest of Brest. It contains a 17th-century parish church dedicated to Saint Anne, the Ecole Marcel Ayme, and a memorial dedicated to 95 local people who lost their lives in various wars.
==Geography== The former commune is spread over an area of . Its elevation ranges from . The nearest larger towns are Guilers (5 km to the south) and Saint-Renan (6 km to the southwest). The village was once covered by thick forest in the wastelands of the moors and marshes. Vegetation consisted of gorse, broom and heather.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milizac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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