La Planche

La Planche
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Planche
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Coordinates: 47°01′02″N 1°26′03″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Clisson
Intercommunality	CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Séverine Joly-Piveteau[1]
Area ^1	24.42 km^2 (9.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,799
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44127 /44140
Elevation	13–52 m (43–171 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Planche (French pronunciation: [la plɑ̃ʃ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Ar Plank) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.^[3]

It is situated at 25 km (16 miles) south of Nantes. The 1973 Nantes mid-air collision took place above La Planche.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1856 1,898 —     1872 1,817 −0.27% 1901 1,748 −0.13% 1926 1,430 −0.80% 1946 1,403 −0.10% 1962 1,513 +0.47% 1968 1,471 −0.47%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 1,532 +0.58% 1982 1,883 +2.99% 1990 2,052 +1.08% 1999 2,075 +0.12% 2007 2,297 +1.28% 2012 2,452 +1.31% 2017 2,640 +1.49%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Culture

In La Planche, the Musée de la chanson française has been established in 1992. The goal of the museum, to remember the artists that have established the heritage of the chanson.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

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. Commune de La Planche (44127), INSEE.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Planche, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Danièle Clermontel and Jean-Claude Clermontel, Chronologie scientifique, technologique et économique de la France], page 321, ISBN 9782748346824