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Missillac

*Misilhac* (Gallo)
*Merzhelieg* (Breton)
Missillac Misilhac (Gallo) ; Merzhelieg (Breton)
Commune
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	Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays de Pont-Château - Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Mogan
Area 1	59.55 km2 (22.99 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,529
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44098 /44780
Elevation	0–63 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 edit

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 edit

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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 edit

The commune is crossed by the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

References edit

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

Summary

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Population edit

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See also edit

Missillac Misilhac (Gallo) Merzhelieg (Breton)
Commune

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Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W / 47.4831; -2.1578
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays 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
• Density	93/km² (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44098 /44780
Elevation	0–63 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.