Missillac

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

Missillac
Commune
Location of Missillac
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Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″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 km^2 (22.99 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	5,342
• Density	90/km^2 (230/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,200	—
1806	2,066	−6.1%
1821	2,457	+18.9%
1831	2,615	+6.4%
1841	2,687	+2.8%
1851	2,877	+7.1%
1861	3,239	+12.6%
1872	3,565	+10.1%
1881	3,837	+7.6%
1891	3,876	+1.0%
1901	3,985	+2.8%
1911	3,965	−0.5%
1921	3,496	−11.8%
1931	3,291	−5.9%
1946	3,212	−2.4%
1954	3,295	+2.6%
1962	3,583	+8.7%
1968	3,652	+1.9%
1975	3,687	+1.0%
1982	3,883	+5.3%
1990	3,915	+0.8%
1999	3,808	−2.7%
2007	4,557	+19.7%
2017	5,342	+17.2%

Transport

The commune is crossed by the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

See also

• La Baule - Guérande Peninsula
• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Parc naturel régional de Brière