Meslan

Meslan Mêlann
Commune
The parish church in Meslan
Coat of arms
Location of Meslan
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Coordinates: 47°59′42″N 3°25′49″W / 47.995°N 3.4303°W / 47.995; -3.4303
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Gourin
Intercommunality	Roi Morvan Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sébastien Wacrenier[1]
Area 1	37.13 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,456
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56131 /56320
Elevation	35–160 m (115–525 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Inhabitants of Meslan are called in French Meslannais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,633 —     1800 1,695 +0.53% 1806 1,636 −0.59% 1821 1,755 +0.47% 1831 1,699 −0.32% 1836 1,860 +1.83% 1841 1,650 −2.37% 1846 1,889 +2.74% 1851 1,876 −0.14% 1856 1,840 −0.39% 1861 1,814 −0.28% 1866 1,940 +1.35% 1872 1,822 −1.04% 1876 1,876 +0.73% 1881 1,938 +0.65% 1886 2,028 +0.91% 1891 2,022 −0.06% 1896 2,168 +1.40%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,214 +0.42% 1906 2,398 +1.61% 1911 2,470 +0.59% 1921 2,515 +0.18% 1926 2,790 +2.10% 1931 2,553 −1.76% 1936 2,533 −0.16% 1946 2,244 −1.20% 1954 2,044 −1.16% 1962 1,835 −1.34% 1968 1,656 −1.70% 1975 1,608 −0.42% 1982 1,630 +0.19% 1990 1,452 −1.44% 1999 1,193 −2.16% 2009 1,318 +1.00% 2014 1,416 +1.44% 2020 1,438 +0.26%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2020)[5]

Geography

Historically it belongs to Vannetais and Pays Pourlet. Apart from the village centre, there are about eighty hamlets. Most of them consist in two or three houses but others are more important like Bonigeard. The river Ellé forms the western border of the commune.

Neighboring communes

Map

Topographic map

List of places

History

The parish church, placed under the patronage of Saint Mélaine, was rebuilt in 1577. The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1678. The first mayor of Meslan, Louis Trouboul, was murdered by a gang of chouans on the night of January 9 to 10, 1795.

Monuments

• 
  Chapel of Sainte-Catherine
• 
  calvary of Bonigeard
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  Chapel of Saint-Patern
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  Chapel of Saint-Georges
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  Manor of Kerroualch

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• List of the works of the Maître de Lanrivain

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meslan.

• Official site (in French)
• 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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