Avessac

Avessac
The château de Pordor, in Avessac
Avessac
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Avessac
Coordinates: 47°39′15″N 1°59′18″W / 47.6542°N 1.9883°WCoordinates: 47°39′15″N 1°59′18″W / 47.6542°N 1.9883°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant
Canton	Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon
Intercommunality	Pays de Redon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Delannée
Area^1	76.49 km^2 (29.53 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	2,409
• Density	31/km^2 (82/sq mi)
• Urban	52,758
INSEE/Postal code	44007 / 44460
Elevation	0–81 m (0–266 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Avessac is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,299	—
1800	2,012	−12.5%
1806	1,740	−13.5%
1821	2,084	+19.8%
1831	2,370	+13.7%
1836	2,339	−1.3%
1841	2,422	+3.5%
1846	2,464	+1.7%
1851	2,541	+3.1%
1856	2,489	−2.0%
1861	2,834	+13.9%
1866	3,210	+13.3%
1872	3,427	+6.8%
1876	3,425	−0.1%
1881	3,695	+7.9%
1886	3,647	−1.3%
1891	3,616	−0.9%
1896	3,703	+2.4%
1901	3,732	+0.8%
1906	3,678	−1.4%
1911	3,549	−3.5%
1921	3,098	−12.7%
1926	3,137	+1.3%
1931	3,042	−3.0%
1936	2,845	−6.5%
1946	2,759	−3.0%
1954	2,541	−7.9%
1962	2,496	−1.8%
1968	2,405	−3.6%
1975	2,356	−2.0%
1982	2,395	+1.7%
1990	2,233	−6.8%
1999	2,154	−3.5%
2006	2,357	+9.4%
2009	2,409	+2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

• INSEE statistics