La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Melherae (Gallo)
Melereg-Breizh (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
Coat of arms
Location of La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne is located in France
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne is located in Pays de la Loire
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
Coordinates: 47°33′37″N 1°24′01″W / 47.5603°N 1.4003°W / 47.5603; -1.4003
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonChâteaubriant
IntercommunalityChâteaubriant-Derval
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Pierre Guérin[1]
Area
1
27.63 km2 (10.67 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
1,568
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44095 /44520
Elevation29–91 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.

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.

Geography

La Meilleraye is situated 18 km south of Châteaubriant.

Climate

Climate from 1971 to 2000[3]
  • Average annual temperature : 11.6 °C
  • Number of days with a temperature smaller than -5 °C: 1.6
  • Number of days with a temperature greater than 30 °C: 4.1
  • Average annual temperature change:[Note 1] 13.7 °C
  • Cumulative yearly rainfall: 738mm
  • Number of days of rain in January: 11.9
  • Number of days of rain in July: 6.8

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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