Mésanger

Mésanger
Commune
Le Beusse Creek
Coat of arms
Location of Mésanger
Mésanger Mésanger
Coordinates: 47°26′02″N 1°13′49″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
Intercommunality	Pays d'Ancenis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine You
Area 1	49.75 km2 (19.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,704
• Density	95/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44096 /44522
Elevation	7–76 m (23–249 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mésanger (French pronunciation: [mezɑ̃ʒe] ^ⓘ; Breton: Mezansker) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,067 —     1806 2,199 +6.4% 1821 2,335 +6.2% 1831 2,433 +4.2% 1841 2,501 +2.8% 1851 2,701 +8.0% 1861 2,790 +3.3% 1872 2,973 +6.6% 1881 2,960 −0.4% 1891 2,884 −2.6% 1901 2,635 −8.6% 1911 2,424 −8.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,140 −11.7% 1931 2,011 −6.0% 1946 1,905 −5.3% 1954 1,870 −1.8% 1962 1,829 −2.2% 1968 1,839 +0.5% 1975 2,051 +11.5% 1982 2,717 +32.5% 1990 3,068 +12.9% 1999 3,135 +2.2% 2011 4,499 +43.5% 2017 4,687 +4.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Hortense Clémentine Tanvet Sculptor born in Mésanger