Missillac
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Missillac (French pronunciation: [misijak] ⓘ; Gallo: Misilhac, Breton: Merzhelieg) is a commune located in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France.
Missillac
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 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 |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Mogan[1] |
Area 1 | 59.55 km2 (22.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,709 |
| • Density | 95.87/km2 (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 km2 (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
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Transport
The commune is crossed by the Nantes-Vannes expressway.
