La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne

La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne La Melherae (Gallo) Melereg-Breizh (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
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Coordinates: 47°33′37″N 1°24′01″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 km^2 (10.67 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,587
• Density	57/km^2 (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 km^2 (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

Year	Pop.	±% 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

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
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.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE