Mouzillon

Mouzillon
Commune
Coat of arms
Mouzillon Mouzillon
Coordinates: 47°08′32″N 1°16′52″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Intercommunality	Sèvre et Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Jounier
Area 1	16.5 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44108 /44330
Elevation	9–78 m (30–256 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouzillon (French pronunciation: [muzijɔ̃] (listen); Breton: Maodilon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,475 —     1806 1,929 +30.8% 1821 1,513 −21.6% 1831 1,488 −1.7% 1841 1,357 −8.8% 1851 1,535 +13.1% 1861 1,522 −0.8% 1872 1,504 −1.2% 1881 1,544 +2.7% 1891 1,477 −4.3% 1901 1,368 −7.4% 1911 1,315 −3.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,175 −10.6% 1931 1,125 −4.3% 1946 1,187 +5.5% 1954 1,223 +3.0% 1962 1,330 +8.7% 1968 1,357 +2.0% 1975 1,404 +3.5% 1982 1,554 +10.7% 1990 1,679 +8.0% 1999 1,759 +4.8% 2009 2,560 +45.5% 2017 2,830 +10.5%

Culture

Mouzillon is known as a producer of Muscadet wine as well as dry biscuit called the Petit Mouzillon. The two are traditionally consumed together.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department