Maël-Carhaix

Maël-Carhaix Mêl-Karaez
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Maël-Carhaix
Coat of arms
Location of Maël-Carhaix
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Coordinates: 48°17′03″N 3°25′24″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Rostrenen
Intercommunality	Kreiz-Breizh
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rolande Le Borgne[1]
Area ^1	36.57 km^2 (14.12 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,455
• Density	40/km^2 (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 km^2 (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 2023, 40.9% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-22137. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

• 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]}