page_title: Mellieħa
section_title: British period to present day
hierarchical_section_title: Mellieħa / History / British period to present day
caption_attribution_description: English: Devil's Farmhouse, Mellieha, Malta
context_page_description: Mellieħa is a large village or small town in the Northern Region of Malta. It has a population of 10,087 as of March 2014. Mellieħa is also a tourist resort, popular for its sandy beaches and natural environment.
context_section_description: Mellieħa as it is today developed while Malta was under British rule. The village became a parish once again in 1844, and began to develop after the British encouraged people to settle in the area by giving leases to the population. The parish church was built in various stages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and it is said that the locals helped building the church. A postal agency opened in Mellieħa in 1891.
  Just before World War II, Fort Campbell was built in Selmun, while Mellieħa Fort was built on top of Mellieħa Hill as a lookout post. The British also built a number of pillboxes around the coastline of Mellieħa, for defensive purposes in case of an Italian or German invasion.
  Mellieħa has seen a lot of development since the end of the war. The Mellieħa Local Council was established by the Local Councils Act of 1993.
caption: The Devil's Farmhouse (Ir-Razzett tax-Xitan)
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