Missillac

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
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 km^2 (22.99 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	5,709
• Density	95.87/km^2 (248.3/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.

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
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% 2023 5,709 +1.11%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2023)[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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Missillac, EHESS (in French).
4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

See also

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