Locmélar

Locmélar Lokmelar
The town hall in Locmélar The town hall in Locmélar
Coat of arms of Locmélar Coat of arms
Locmélar
Location within Brittany region Locmélar
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Sizun
Intercommunality	Pays de Landivisiau
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre-Yves Moal
Area1	15.55 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	427
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29131 / 29400
Elevation	47–191 m (154–627 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Locmélar (Breton: Lokmelar) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Toponymy

From the Breton loc which means hermitage (cf.: Locminé) and Mélar who is a Breton saint.

Population

Inhabitants of Locmélar are called in French Locmélariens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	883	—
1800	810	−8.3%
1806	929	+14.7%
1821	943	+1.5%
1831	1,039	+10.2%
1836	1,041	+0.2%
1841	1,094	+5.1%
1846	1,123	+2.7%
1851	1,178	+4.9%
1856	1,101	−6.5%
1861	1,085	−1.5%
1866	1,142	+5.3%
1872	1,050	−8.1%
1876	1,067	+1.6%
1881	1,051	−1.5%
1886	1,075	+2.3%
1891	1,054	−2.0%
1896	975	−7.5%
1901	978	+0.3%
1906	975	−0.3%
1911	977	+0.2%
1921	781	−20.1%
1926	764	−2.2%
1931	682	−10.7%
1936	651	−4.5%
1946	572	−12.1%
1954	512	−10.5%
1962	470	−8.2%
1968	445	−5.3%
1975	356	−20.0%
1982	349	−2.0%
1990	455	+30.4%
1999	469	+3.1%
2008	427	−9.0%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of the Maître de Thégonnec
• Locmélar Parish close
• List of the works of the Maître de Plougastel

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Locmélar (French)