Plessé

Plessé
Commune
War memorial
Location of Plessé
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Coordinates: 47°32′33″N 1°53′09″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Redon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Aurélie Mezière[1]
Area ^1	104.38 km^2 (40.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,257
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44128 /44630
Elevation	1–66 m (3.3–216.5 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

• 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

• 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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plessé, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE