Mellac (; ) is a commune in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department of

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in north-western

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Population

Inhabitants of Mellac are called in French ''Mellacois''.

Geography

The village centre is located northeast of

Quimperlé Quimperlé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France. Geography Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km t ...

. Historically, Mellac belongs to

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall ...

. The river

Isole Isole () is a river which flows through the department of Finistère in the region of Brittany in France. It is long and its basin area is . Its source is near Roudouallec. Another town on the Isole is Scaër. At the town of Quimperlé it is j ...

forms the commune's northern and eastern borders.

Neighboring communes

Mellac is border by Saint-Thurien and

Querrien Querrien (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Querrien are called in French ''Querriennois''. Geography The village centre is located north of Quimperlé. Neighbouri ...

to the north, by Tréméven to the east, by

and Baye to the south and by

Le Trévoux Le Trévoux (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Le Trévoux are called in French ''Trévoltois''. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department The follow ...

and Bannalec to the west.

Map

History

The oldest surviving parish registers date back to

1562 __NOTOC__ Year 1562 ( MDLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 6 – Shane O'Neill of Tír Eoghain pleads his cause at the Palace of Whitehall in London, before Qu ...

. center, Yves Tamic, mayor of Mellac from 1871 to 1891, in regional costume.

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

References

External links

Cultural Heritage

Mayors of Finistère Association
; Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub