Mésanger

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Mésanger Mezanjaer (Gallo) Mezansker (Breton)
Commune
Le Beusse Creek
Coat of arms
Location of Mésanger
(2020–2026)		Nadine You^[1]
Area ¹	49.75 km² (19.21 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	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] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Mezanjaer, Breton: Mezansker) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,057	—
1821	2,335	+0.45%
1846	2,607	+0.44%
1872	2,973	+0.51%
1901	2,635	−0.42%
1926	2,090	−0.92%
1946	1,905	−0.46%
1962	1,829	−0.25%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,839	+0.09%
1975	2,051	+1.57%
1982	2,717	+4.10%
1990	3,068	+1.53%
1999	3,133	+0.23%
2007	4,081	+3.36%
2012	4,571	+2.29%
2017	4,687	+0.50%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mésanger, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE