Maisdon-sur-Sèvre

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Maisdon-sur-Sèvre Maédon (Gallo) Maezon-ar-Gwini (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of Maisdon-sur-Sèvre
(2020–2026)		Aymar Rivallin^[1]
Area ¹	17.45 km² (6.74 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,047
• Density	170/km² (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44088 /44690
Elevation	3–63 m (9.8–206.7 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maisdon-sur-Sèvre (French pronunciation: [mɛdɔ̃ syʁ sɛvʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Maisdon on Sèvre; Gallo: Maédon, Breton: Maezon-ar-Gwini) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,200	—
1821	2,275	+0.12%
1846	2,139	−0.25%
1872	2,059	−0.15%
1901	1,884	−0.31%
1926	1,458	−1.02%
1946	1,243	−0.79%
1962	1,296	+0.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,284	−0.15%
1975	1,331	+0.51%
1982	1,637	+3.00%
1990	1,985	+2.44%
1999	2,050	+0.36%
2007	2,479	+2.40%
2012	2,809	+2.53%
2017	2,942	+0.93%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Maisdon-sur-Sèvre, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE