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Missillac |
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| L'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul. | |
| Administration | |
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| 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 |
| Mayor | Bernard Lelièvre (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–63 m (0–207 ft) |
| Land area1 | 59.55 km² (22.99 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,474 (2006) |
| - Density | 75 /km2 (190 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44098/ 44780 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 47°28′59″N 2°09′28″W / 47.4831°N 2.1578°W
Missillac (Merzhelieg in Breton) is a commune located in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France.
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.
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