Issé

Issé

*Isae* (Gallo)
*Izeg* (Breton)
Issé Isae (Gallo) ; Izeg (Breton)
Commune
	Old train station in the early 20th century
	Coat of arms
	Location of Issé
	Issé Issé
	Coordinates: 47°37′29″N 1°27′00″W / 47.6247°N 1.45°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Châteaubriant
Intercommunality	Châteaubriant-Derval
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Lalloué
Area 1	38.66 km2 (14.93 sq mi)
Population (2022)	1,825
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44075 /44520
Elevation	22–76 m (72–249 ft)
Website	www.isse.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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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
Year	Pop.	±% 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+5⁄8 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.