# Melgven

Melgven (French pronunciation:; Breton: Mêlwenn) 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 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) :
| 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 ||||||||||||||

## Population

Inhabitants of Melgven are called Melgvinois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 2,133 | — |
| 1800 | 2,239 | +0.70% |
| 1806 | 1,759 | −3.94% |
| 1821 | 2,009 | +0.89% |
| 1831 | 2,029 | +0.10% |
| 1836 | 2,190 | +1.54% |
| 1841 | 2,195 | +0.05% |
| 1846 | 2,274 | +0.71% |
| 1851 | 2,296 | +0.19% |
| 1856 | 2,241 | −0.48% |
| 1861 | 2,327 | +0.76% |
| 1866 | 2,378 | +0.43% |
| 1872 | 2,448 | +0.48% |
| 1876 | 2,632 | +1.83% |
| 1881 | 2,803 | +1.27% |
| 1886 | 2,874 | +0.50% |
| 1891 | 2,950 | +0.52% |
| 1896 | 2,928 | −0.15% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 2,933 | +0.03% |
| 1906 | 2,949 | +0.11% |
| 1911 | 2,858 | −0.62% |
| 1921 | 2,834 | −0.08% |
| 1926 | 2,879 | +0.32% |
| 1931 | 3,023 | +0.98% |
| 1936 | 2,986 | −0.25% |
| 1946 | 3,018 | +0.11% |
| 1954 | 2,886 | −0.56% |
| 1962 | 2,849 | −0.16% |
| 1968 | 3,072 | +1.26% |
| 1975 | 2,403 | −3.45% |
| 1982 | 2,809 | +2.26% |
| 1990 | 2,987 | +0.77% |
| 1999 | 2,947 | −0.15% |
| 2007 | 3,215 | +1.09% |
| 2012 | 3,404 | +1.15% |
| 2017 | 3,356 | −0.28% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Sights

* A gothic church from the 14th century at the center of the village
* Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle dedicated to notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle
* Chapelle de la Trinité built at the 16th century by the atelier de Saint Herbot

## Gallery

* Chapelle Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou
* Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Melgven)
* Chapelle Saint-Antoine (Melgven)