Meslan

Commune in Brittany, France

Meslan Mêlann
Commune
The parish church in Meslan
Coat of arms
Location of Meslan
(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

Bihilic
Bodaval
Bonijard
Botquédan
Bourriec
Bugnes, les
Château de Boblaye
Clandy, le
Cosquer, le
Drennec, le
Gare, la
Garvic, le
Guellec, le
Guernebrest
Guernehors
Guernévé
Harlenton, le
Keranna
Kerandouarn
Kerantoc
Kerbourriec

Kerbreton
Kerdaniel
Kerflémic
Kerforner
Kerguerizen
Kerguilloux
Kerguisquet
Kerhoat
Keriquel
Kermabon
Keroualc'h
Kerozen
Kervélégan
Kervelen
Kervran
Kervrec'h Coz
Kervrec'h Nevez
Keryouac'h
Leslehé
Méléné
Melmélégan

Méné Morgant
Mézomeur
Moulin Bégasse
Moulin de Boblaye
Moulin Julien
Moustoir, le
Nénevé Bihan
Nénevé Braz
Ouennec, le
Pencleu
Penquelen
Penvern
Petit Boblaye
Pistiagon
Pont Foriec
Pont Tanguy
Prat Guen
Prat Méno
Quesquédan
Restédou
Restemboblaye

Resclen
Restern
Restinois
Roscalet
Rosglas
Rozanpouillot
Roz Guilloux
Runo, le
Saint Georges
Saint Patern
Saint Tréhien
Saint Yzaouen
Salles de Boblaye, les
Stang Groez
Stang Hingant
Toulhoat
Tulin
Villegoadec
Villebriant
Villéon

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
Chapel of Saint-Patern
Chapel of Saint-Georges
Manor of Kerroualch

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meslan, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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)