La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne (French pronunciation: [la mɛjʁɛ də bʁətaɲ]; Gallo: La Melherae, Breton: Melereg-Breizh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
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  La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne  La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne | |
| Coordinates: 47°33′37″N 1°24′01″W / 47.5603°N 1.4003°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
| Canton | Châteaubriant |
| Intercommunality | Châteaubriant-Derval |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Pierre Guérin[1] |
| Area 1 | 27.63 km2 (10.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,568 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44095 /44520 |
| Elevation | 29–91 m (95–299 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editLa Meilleraye is situated 18 km south of Châteaubriant.
Climate
editClimate from 1971 to 2000[3]
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Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,129 | — |
| 1975 | 1,045 | −1.10% |
| 1982 | 1,074 | +0.39% |
| 1990 | 1,097 | +0.27% |
| 1999 | 1,027 | −0.73% |
| 2007 | 1,219 | +2.17% |
| 2012 | 1,447 | +3.49% |
| 2017 | 1,527 | +1.08% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Average annual temperature change is measure of the difference between the average temperature in January and the average temperature in July. This variable is generally considered to be the difference between oceanic and continental climates.
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Daniel Joly, Thierry Brossard, Hervé Cardot, Jean Cavailhes, Mohamed Hilal et Pierre Wavresky (18 June 2010). "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale". Cybergéo, revue européenne de géographie - European Journal of Geography (in French) (501). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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