Mouais

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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mouais

(2020–2026) Yvan Menager^[1]Area

9.93 km² (3.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

360 • Density36/km² (94/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44105 /44590

Elevation9–61 m (30–200 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouais (French pronunciation: [mwɛ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Móaè, pronounced [mwə]; Breton: Lanvoe) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

History

It is possible that the toponym comes from the hagionym Moë, an obscure Breton saint.

Geography

The town is located on the northern edge of the department, on the right bank of the river Chère, which forms most of its southern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	356	—
1975	331	−1.03%
1982	302	−1.30%
1990	280	−0.94%
1999	259	−0.86%
2007	331	+3.11%
2012	394	+3.55%
2017	385	−0.46%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Personalities

Jean Fréour, sculptor

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE