Plessé

Plessé
Commune
War memorial
Location of Plessé
Plessé Location within France Plessé Location within Pays de la Loire
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
Area 1	104.38 km2 (40.30 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	5,335
• Density	51.11/km2 (132.4/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 km2 (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%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,478	+0.15%
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%
2007	4,130	+2.40%
2012	4,895	+3.46%
2017	5,248	+1.40%
2023	5,335	+0.27%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

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