Missillac

Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W / 47.4831; -2.1578
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Missillac
Misilhac (Gallo)
Merzhelieg (Breton)
Commune
Location of Missillac
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Missillac is located in France
Missillac
Missillac
Missillac is located in Pays de la Loire
Missillac
Missillac
Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W / 47.4831; -2.1578
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonPontchâteau
IntercommunalityPays de Pont-Château - Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Louis Mogan[1]
Area
1
59.55 km2 (22.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,529
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44098 /44780
Elevation0–63 m (0–207 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Missillac (French pronunciation: [misijak] ⓘ; Gallo: Misilhac, Breton: Merzhelieg) is a commune located in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France.

Geography

Missillac is located at the northwestern edge of Loire-Atlantique at the limit of the Morbihan 25 km from

Redon. The communes bordering Missillac are Sévérac, Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, La Chapelle-des-Marais, Herbignac, and Pontchâteau
.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,200—    
1800 2,042−1.06%
1806 2,066+0.19%
1821 2,457+1.16%
1831 2,615+0.63%
1841 2,687+0.27%
1846 2,850+1.18%
1851 2,877+0.19%
1856 2,977+0.69%
1861 3,239+1.70%
1866 3,453+1.29%
1872 3,565+0.53%
1876 3,616+0.36%
1881 3,837+1.19%
1886 3,877+0.21%
1891 3,876−0.01%
1896 3,840−0.19%
1901 3,985+0.74%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 4,053+0.34%
1911 3,965−0.44%
1921 3,496−1.25%
1926 3,416−0.46%
1931 3,291−0.74%
1936 3,170−0.75%
1946 3,212+0.13%
1954 3,295+0.32%
1962 3,585+1.06%
1968 3,652+0.31%
1975 3,687+0.14%
1982 3,883+0.74%
1990 3,915+0.10%
1999 3,813−0.29%
2007 4,557+2.25%
2012 5,016+1.94%
2017 5,342+1.27%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

The commune is crossed by the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Missillac, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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