Maël-Carhaix

Commune in Brittany, France

Maël-Carhaix Mêl-Karaez
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Maël-Carhaix
Coat of arms
Location of Maël-Carhaix
(2020–2026)		Rolande Le Borgne^[1]
Area ¹	36.57 km² (14.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,463
• Density	40/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22137 /22340
Elevation	114–243 m (374–797 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maël-Carhaix (French pronunciation: [mɛl kaʁɛ]; Breton: Mêl-Karaez) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,919	—
1968	2,046	+6.6%
1975	1,832	−10.5%
1982	1,663	−9.2%
1990	1,613	−3.0%
1999	1,538	−4.6%
2008	1,565	+1.8%

Inhabitants of Maël-Carhaix are called maël-carhaisiens in French.

Breton language

In 2008, 13.37% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maël-Carhaix.

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mael Carhaix 15 July 2009 (c) Andy Clarke^{[dead link]}