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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Missillac Misilhac (Gallo)
Merzhelieg (Breton)
Commune
Location of Missillac
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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
Area59.55 km (22.99 sq mi)
Population5,529
 • Density93/km (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code44098 /44780
Elevation0–63 m (0–207 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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 Saint-Nazaire, 65 km northwest of Nantes, and 25 km south of 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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

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" (in French). 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

See also

Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department


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