Crossac

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Crossac Croczac/Croça (Gallo) Kroazieg (Breton)
Commune
Ruins of the Château de Lorieux
Coat of arms
Location of Crossac
(2020–2026)		Olivier Demarty^[1]
Area ¹	25.85 km² (9.98 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,997
• Density	120/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44050 /44160
Elevation	0–22 m (0–72 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Crossac (French pronunciation: [kʁɔsak] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Croczac or Croça, Breton: Kroazieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,263	—
1821	1,379	+0.31%
1846	1,582	+0.55%
1872	1,591	+0.02%
1901	1,710	+0.25%
1926	1,492	−0.54%
1946	1,501	+0.03%
1962	1,517	+0.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,558	+0.45%
1975	1,658	+0.89%
1982	2,067	+3.20%
1990	2,277	+1.22%
1999	2,136	−0.71%
2007	2,579	+2.38%
2012	2,808	+1.72%
2017	2,952	+1.01%

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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Crossac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE