Drefféac

Drefféac D·rfé (Gallo) Devrieg (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Drefféac
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Coordinates: 47°28′38″N 2°03′18″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays de Pont-Château - Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Jouny[1]
Area ^1	14.16 km^2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,288
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44053 /44530
Elevation	0–33 m (0–108 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Drefféac (French pronunciation: [dʁefeak] ^ⓘ; Gallo: D·rfé, Breton: Devrieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 513 —     1821 520 +0.05% 1846 650 +0.90% 1872 808 +0.84% 1901 933 +0.50% 1926 820 −0.52% 1946 830 +0.06% 1962 867 +0.27%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 859 −0.15% 1975 803 −0.96% 1982 1,145 +5.20% 1990 1,296 +1.56% 1999 1,322 +0.22% 2007 1,529 +1.83% 2012 2,031 +5.84% 2017 2,228 +1.87%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Drefféac, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE