Issé
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Issé (French pronunciation: [ise] ⓘ; Gallo: Isae, Breton: Izeg) is a commune on the banks of the river Don in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is situated 10 km southeast of Châteaubriant.
Issé
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Old train station in the early 20th century | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Issé | |
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| Coordinates: 47°37′29″N 1°27′00″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
| Canton | Châteaubriant |
| Intercommunality | Châteaubriant-Derval |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Lalloué[1] |
Area 1 | 38.66 km2 (14.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,856 |
| • Density | 48.01/km2 (124.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44075 /44520 |
| Elevation | 22–76 m (72–249 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,898 | — |
| 1975 | 1,909 | +0.08% |
| 1982 | 1,896 | −0.10% |
| 1990 | 1,821 | −0.50% |
| 1999 | 1,776 | −0.28% |
| 2007 | 1,815 | +0.27% |
| 2012 | 1,846 | +0.34% |
| 2017 | 1,833 | −0.14% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Transport
The train station reopened in 2014, serving tram-trains from the Pays de la Loire. The narrow gauge railway Issé–Abbaretz was an approximately 20 km (12 mi) long Decauville railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) between the open-cast iron ore mines near Le Houx and the railway stations of Issé and Abbaretz, which was mainly in operation 1913–1922 and 1928–1930.
