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Melgven
Mêlwenn | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Concarneau |
| Intercommunality | Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Esvant[1] |
Area 1 | 51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29146 /29140 |
| Elevation | 1–155 m (3.3–508.5 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Melgven (French pronunciation: [mɛlvɛ̃]; Breton: Mêlwenn) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Climate
[edit | edit source]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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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[2] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit | edit source]Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.
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Sights
[edit | edit source]- A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village[5]
- Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle[5]
- Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot[5]
Gallery
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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou
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Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)
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Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Melgven, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b c Official site
External links
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- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Twinning
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