Missillac
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L'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul. | |
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Missillac | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°WCoordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Saint-Gildas-des-Bois |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Pont-Château - Saint-Gildas-des-Bois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Bernard Lelièvre |
| Area1 | 59.55 km2 (22.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 4,474 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44098 / 44780 |
| Elevation | 0–63 m (0–207 ft) |
| Website | www.cc-paysdepontchateau.fr |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Missillac (Merzhelieg in Breton) is a commune located in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France.
Geography
Missillac is located at the North-Western edge of Loire-Atlantique at the limit of the Morbihan. 25 km of Saint-Nazaire, 65 km North-West of Nantes and 25 km south of Redon. The villages or communes bordering Missillac are Séverac, Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, La Chapelle-des-Marais, Herbignac, Pontchâteau. According to the established ranking by INSEE in 1999, Missillac is a rural district which belongs to Saint-Nazaire. Missillac belongs to the traditional country of Brière. The commune is crossed by the expressway Nantes-Vannes.
See also
- La Baule - Guérande Peninsula
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
- Parc naturel régional de Brière
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