Locmélar

Commune in Brittany, France

Locmélar Lokmelar
Commune
The town hall in Locmélar
Coat of arms
Location of Locmélar
(2020–2026)		Bruno Cadiou^[1]
Area ¹	15.55 km² (6.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	474
• Density	30/km² (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Locmélar (French pronunciation: [lɔkmelaʁ]; 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.

Inhabitants of Locmélar are called in French Locmélariens.

^ "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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locmélar.

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