Issé

Issé
Isae (Gallo)
Izeg (Breton)
Old train station in the early 20th century
Location of Issé
Issé
Issé
Coordinates: 47°37′29″N 1°27′00″W / 47.6247°N 1.45°W / 47.6247; -1.45
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonChâteaubriant
IntercommunalityChâteaubriant-Derval
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marc Lalloué[1]
Area
1
38.66 km2 (14.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,825
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44075 /44520
Elevation22–76 m (72–249 ft)
Websitewww.isse.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Issé (French pronunciation: [ise] ; Gallo: Isae, Breton: Izeg) is a commune on the banks of the river Don in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is situated 10 km southeast of Châteaubriant.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,898—    
1975 1,909+0.08%
1982 1,896−0.10%
1990 1,821−0.50%
1999 1,776−0.28%
2007 1,815+0.27%
2012 1,846+0.34%
2017 1,833−0.14%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transport

The train station reopened in 2014, serving tram-trains from the Pays de la Loire. The narrow gauge railway Issé–Abbaretz was an approximately 20 km (12 mi) long Decauville railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) between the open-cast iron ore mines near Le Houx and the railway stations of Issé and Abbaretz, which was mainly in operation 1913–1922 and 1928–1930.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE