La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
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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.
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| Coordinates: 47°33′37″N 1°24′01″W / 47.5603°N 1.4003°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
| Canton | Châteaubriant |
| Intercommunality | Châteaubriant-Derval |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Pierre Guérin[1] |
| Area 1 | 27.63 km2 (10.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,568 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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La Meilleraye is situated 18 km south of Châteaubriant.
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
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