Plessé

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Plessé

|commune status = Commune

|image = Plesse-44 mam.jpg

|caption = War memorial

|arrondissement = Châteaubriant-Ancenis

|canton = Pontchâteau

|INSEE = 44128

|postal code = 44630

|mayor = Aurélie Mezière{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Redon Agglomération

|coordinates = {{coord|47.5425|-1.8858|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 1

|elevation max m = 66

|area km2 = 104.38

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Plessé ({{IPA|fr|plɛse|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pom445-Plessé.wav}}; {{langx|br|Plesei}}) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27102|Plessé }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-44128#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |2642

|1800 |2635

|1806 |2954

|1821 |3048

|1831 |3652

|1841 |3406

|1846 |4011

|1851 |4435

|1856 |4539

|1861 |4856

|1866 |5126

|1872 |5405

|1876 |5154

|1881 |5161

|1886 |5366

|1891 |5529

|1896 |5452

|1901 |5436

|1906 |5478

|1911 |5429

|1921 |5232

|1926 |5053

|1931 |4565

|1936 |4264

|1946 |4062

|1954 |3881

|1962 |3683

|1968 |3523

|1975 |3395

|1982 |3436

|1990 |3298

|1999 |3416

|2004 |3756

|2006 |3938

|2009 |4528

|2014 |5138

|2019 |5266

|2020 |5265

}}

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

References

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{{Loire-Atlantique communes}}

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Category:Communes of Loire-Atlantique

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