Mouzillon

Mouzillon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mouzillon
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Coordinates: 47°08′32″N 1°16′52″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Intercommunality	Sèvre et Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Jounier[1]
Area ^1	16.5 km^2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,903
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44108 /44330
Elevation	9–78 m (30–256 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouzillon (French pronunciation: [muzijɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Maodilon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,475 —     1821 1,513 +0.09% 1846 1,388 −0.34% 1872 1,504 +0.31% 1901 1,368 −0.33% 1926 1,137 −0.74% 1946 1,187 +0.22% 1962 1,330 +0.71%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,357 +0.34% 1975 1,404 +0.49% 1982 1,554 +1.46% 1990 1,679 +0.97% 1999 1,760 +0.52% 2007 2,466 +4.31% 2012 2,676 +1.65% 2017 2,830 +1.13%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Culture

Mouzillon is known as a producer of Muscadet wine as well as dry biscuit called the Petit Mouzillon. The two are traditionally consumed together.

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 Mouzillon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE