Mellionnec

Mellionnec (French pronunciation: [mɛljɔnɛk]; Breton: Melioneg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. The chapel of La Pitié is situated in the commune.

Mellionnec Melioneg
Commune
The parish church
Location of Mellionnec
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Coordinates: 48°10′32″N 3°17′43″W / 48.1756°N 3.2953°W / 48.1756; -3.2953
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rostrenen
Intercommunality	Kreiz-Breizh
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-José Fercoq^[1]
Area ^1	24.22 km^2 (9.35 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020)^[2]	395
• Density	16/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22146 /22110
Elevation	143–281 m (469–922 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Mellionnec are called mellionnecais in French. Population is steadily falling since 1990 after declining quickly.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,120 —     1800 1,163 +3.8% 1806 1,168 +0.4% 1821 1,154 −1.2% 1836 1,255 +8.8% 1841 1,193 −4.9% 1846 1,234 +3.4% 1851 1,188 −3.7% 1856 1,210 +1.9% 1861 1,143 −5.5% 1866 1,104 −3.4% 1872 1,093 −1.0% 1876 1,117 +2.2% 1881 1,261 +12.9% 1886 1,200 −4.8% 1891 1,227 +2.2% 1896 1,252 +2.0% 1901 1,322 +5.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1906 1,411 +6.7% 1911 1,418 +0.5% 1921 1,407 −0.8% 1926 1,437 +2.1% 1931 1,335 −7.1% 1936 1,179 −11.7% 1946 1,148 −2.6% 1954 970 −15.5% 1962 889 −8.4% 1968 749 −15.7% 1975 628 −16.2% 1982 567 −9.7% 1990 420 −25.9% 1999 440 +4.8% 2008 405 −8.0% 2013 418 +3.2% 2018 391 −6.5%

Map

 

Topographic map

Civil heritage

• Trégarantec castle

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mellionnec.

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)