Plessé (French pronunciation: [plɛse] ; Breton: Plesei) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Plessé
Commune
War memorial
War memorial
Location of Plessé
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Plessé is located in France
Plessé
Plessé
Plessé is located in Pays de la Loire
Plessé
Plessé
Coordinates: 47°32′33″N 1°53′09″W / 47.5425°N 1.8858°W / 47.5425; -1.8858
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonPontchâteau
IntercommunalityRedon Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aurélie Mezière[1]
Area
1
104.38 km2 (40.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,257
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44128 /44630
Elevation1–66 m (3.3–216.5 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,642—    
1800 2,635−0.04%
1806 2,954+1.92%
1821 3,048+0.21%
1831 3,652+1.82%
1841 3,406−0.69%
1846 4,011+3.32%
1851 4,435+2.03%
1856 4,539+0.46%
1861 4,856+1.36%
1866 5,126+1.09%
1872 5,405+0.89%
1876 5,154−1.18%
1881 5,161+0.03%
1886 5,366+0.78%
1891 5,529+0.60%
1896 5,452−0.28%
1901 5,436−0.06%
1906 5,478+0.15%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1911 5,429−0.18%
1921 5,232−0.37%
1926 5,053−0.69%
1931 4,565−2.01%
1936 4,264−1.35%
1946 4,062−0.48%
1954 3,881−0.57%
1962 3,683−0.65%
1968 3,523−0.74%
1975 3,395−0.53%
1982 3,436+0.17%
1990 3,298−0.51%
1999 3,416+0.39%
2004 3,756+1.92%
2006 3,938+2.39%
2009 4,528+4.76%
2014 5,138+2.56%
2019 5,266+0.49%
2020 5,265−0.02%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Notable people

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  • Lucien Petit-Breton (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917), French racing cyclist, the first to win the Tour de France twice, born in Plessé.
  • Clément Guillon (27 April 1932 – 9 July 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Quimper, born in Plessé.
  • Catherine de Parthenay (22 March 1554 – 26 October 1631), a French noblewoman and mathematician, born in Plessé.

See also

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References

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