Melve

Melve
The chapel in Melve
Coat of arms
Melve
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Melve
Coordinates: 44°21′20″N 5°59′26″E / 44.3556°N 5.9906°ECoordinates: 44°21′20″N 5°59′26″E / 44.3556°N 5.9906°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	La Motte-du-Caire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Christian Borchi
Area^1	14.11 km^2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	106
• Density	7.5/km^2 (19/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	04118 / 04250
Elevation	698–1,478 m (2,290–4,849 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Melve is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1765	371	—
1793	360	−3.0%
1800	327	−9.2%
1806	366	+11.9%
1821	407	+11.2%
1831	290	−28.7%
1836	290	+0.0%
1841	348	+20.0%
1846	312	−10.3%
1851	286	−8.3%
1856	264	−7.7%
1861	264	+0.0%
1866	261	−1.1%
1872	262	+0.4%
1876	253	−3.4%
1881	267	+5.5%
1886	215	−19.5%
1891	242	+12.6%
1896	208	−14.0%
1901	165	−20.7%
1906	186	+12.7%
1911	180	−3.2%
1921	123	−31.7%
1926	113	−8.1%
1931	99	−12.4%
1936	114	+15.2%
1946	107	−6.1%
1954	101	−5.6%
1962	101	+0.0%
1968	75	−25.7%
1975	80	+6.7%
1982	72	−10.0%
1990	98	+36.1%
1999	114	+16.3%
2008	106	−7.0%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE