Argentré-du-Plessis
Appearance
Argentré-du-Plessis
Argantreg-ar-Genkiz | |
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![]() Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption | |
Coordinates: 48°03′29″N 1°09′10″W / 48.0581°N 1.1528°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
Canton | La Guerche-de-Bretagne |
Intercommunality | CA Vitré Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2015-2020) | Jean-Noël Bévière |
Area 1 | 41.46 km2 (16.01 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | 4,294 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 35006 /35370 |
Elevation | 67–163 m (220–535 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Argentré-du-Plessis (Breton: Argantreg-ar-Genkiz, Gallo: Arjantrae) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 2,265 | — |
1968 | 2,422 | +6.9% |
1975 | 2,765 | +14.2% |
1982 | 3,045 | +10.1% |
1990 | 3,329 | +9.3% |
1999 | 3,614 | +8.6% |
2006 | 4,021 | +11.3% |
2009 | 4,185 | +4.1% |
2015 | 4,294 | +2.6% |
Inhabitants of Argentré-du-Plessis are called Argentréens in French.
Sights
The Château du Plessis is a local chateau with some vestiges of 16th-century construction, although it was largely rebuilt in the 19th century.
The church of Notre-Dame was built between 1775 and 1779.
The archaeological excavation at Bois du Pinel has uncovered fortifications dating from the 11th century, including a moat, two courtyards, and two enclosures.
See also
References
- INSEE commune page (insee.fr) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-02-22)
- Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (amf35.asso.fr) Template:Fr icon
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentré-du-Plessis.
- Official website (argentre-du-plessis.fr) Template:Fr icon
- Cultural Heritage (patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr) at archive.today (archived 2013-02-13) Template:Fr icon