Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes

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Coordinates: 48°38′18″N 1°54′06″W / 48.63833, -1.90167

Commune of Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
Location
Coordinates	48°38′18″N 1°54′06″W / 48.63833, -1.90167
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint-Malo
Canton	Cancale
Intercommunality	Saint-Malo Agglomération
Mayor	Pierre Fontaine (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	2 m–58 m (avg. 51 m)
Land area¹	29.49 km²
Population² (1999)	2995
- Density	101/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35299/ 35350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes (Breton: Sant-Meleg is a French commune, located in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in north Brittany, France, near Saint-Malo.

The parish was named after St Melor a Breton and Cornish saint, by the monks of Mont Saint-Michel, who established a priory there in the early 11th century.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes are called Méloriens.

As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of 2,995.
The estimation for 2005 was 3,358.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

[edit] External links

• Cultural Heritage (French)