Missillac

Missillac
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Missillac
Location within Pays de la Loire region Missillac
Coordinates:
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)
INSEE/Postal code	44098 / 44780
Elevation	0–63 m (0–207 ft)
Website	www.cc-paysdepontchateau.fr
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 kmNorth-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