Mellac
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Mellac
|native name = Mellag
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mellac mairie.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Mellac
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Mellac (Finistère).svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.9047|-3.5767|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Quimper
|canton = Quimperlé
|INSEE = 29147
|postal code = 29300
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Quimperlé Communauté
|elevation min m = 12
|elevation max m = 101
|area km2 = 26.38
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Mellac ({{IPA|fr|mɛlak}}; {{Langx|br|Mellag}}) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French Mellacois.
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|21893|Mellac}} and INSEE (1968-2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-29147#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |1250
|1800 |1312
|1806 |1020
|1821 |1216
|1831 |1141
|1836 |1259
|1841 |1188
|1846 |1299
|1851 |1302
|1856 |1272
|1861 |1350
|1866 |1370
|1872 |1213
|1876 |1326
|1881 |1371
|1886 |1409
|1891 |1421
|1896 |1496
|1901 |1501
|1906 |1475
|1911 |1456
|1921 |1469
|1926 |1452
|1931 |1435
|1936 |1357
|1946 |1412
|1954 |1264
|1962 |1283
|1968 |1390
|1975 |1638
|1982 |1855
|1990 |2192
|1999 |2314
|2009 |2618
|2014 |2899
|2020 |3303
}}
Geography
The village centre is located {{convert|4.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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
{{wide image|Mellac_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map}}
History
The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1562.
Gallery
File:Mellac manoir de Kernault de face.JPG|Manor of Kernault
File:Mellac greniers à pans de bois Kernault.JPG|Granary of Manor of Kernault
File:135 Mellac.jpg| The parish church
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr/main.xsp?execute=parsed_query&query=com:|Mellac Cultural Heritage] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.amf29.asso.fr/ Mayors of Finistère Association] {{in lang|fr}};
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Category:Communes of Finistère
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