La Chapelle-Glain
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La Chapelle-Glain
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Commune | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Chapelle-Glain | |
  La Chapelle-Glain  La Chapelle-Glain | |
| Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 1°11′45″W / 47.6239°N 1.1958°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
| Canton | Châteaubriant |
| Intercommunality | Châteaubriant-Derval |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Matthieu Hamard[1] |
Area 1 | 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 809 |
| • Density | 23.4/km2 (60.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44031 /44670 |
| Elevation | 46–99 m (151–325 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Chapelle-Glain (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl ɡlɛ̃] ⓘ; Gallo: La Chapèll-Glen, Breton: Chapel-Glenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.
La Chapelle-Glain is 31 km north of Ancenis, 55 km west of Angers, 66 km northwest of Nantes and 85 km south of Rennes.
The bordering communes are Juigné-des-Moutiers, Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes, Petit-Auverné, Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and Le Pin in Loire-Atlantique, and Challain-la-Potherie and Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in the neighboring department of the Maine-et-Loire.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,097 | — |
| 1975 | 898 | −2.82% |
| 1982 | 838 | −0.98% |
| 1990 | 808 | −0.45% |
| 1999 | 761 | −0.66% |
| 2007 | 812 | +0.81% |
| 2012 | 826 | +0.34% |
| 2017 | 812 | −0.34% |
| 2023 | 809 | −0.06% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
