Merlevenez

Commune in Brittany, France

Merlevenez Brelevenez
Commune
The church of Our Lady of Joy, in Merlevenez
Coat of arms
Location of Merlevenez
(2020–2026)		Bruno Le Bosser^[1]
Area ¹	17.67 km² (6.82 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,203
• Density	180/km² (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56130 /56700
Elevation	1–40 m (3.3–131.2 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Merlevenez (French pronunciation: [mɛʁləvəne]; Breton: Brelevenez) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,237	—
1975	1,221	−0.19%
1982	1,769	+5.44%
1990	2,032	+1.75%
1999	2,294	+1.36%
2007	2,896	+2.96%
2012	3,151	+1.70%
2017	3,207	+0.35%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Inhabitants of Merlevenez are called in French Merleveneziens.

See also

Communes of the Morbihan department

References

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merlevenez.

Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

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