Frossay

Frossay
Commune
Lock on Frossay Marsh
Coat of arms
Frossay Frossay
Coordinates: 47°14′42″N 1°55′59″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Scherer
Area 1	57.22 km2 (22.09 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44061 /44320
Elevation	0–47 m (0–154 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Frossay (French pronunciation: [fʁɔsɛ] (listen); Breton: Frozieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,662	—
1806	2,261	−15.1%
1821	2,381	+5.3%
1831	2,636	+10.7%
1841	2,723	+3.3%
1851	2,712	−0.4%
1861	2,801	+3.3%
1872	2,804	+0.1%
1881	2,951	+5.2%
1891	3,390	+14.9%
1901	2,911	−14.1%
1911	2,679	−8.0%
1921	2,305	−14.0%
1931	2,062	−10.5%
1946	2,017	−2.2%
1954	2,040	+1.1%
1962	2,171	+6.4%
1968	2,018	−7.0%
1975	1,913	−5.2%
1982	1,911	−0.1%
1990	2,099	+9.8%
1999	2,110	+0.5%
2009	2,901	+37.5%
2017	3,221	+11.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department