Argentré-du-Plessis

Argentré-du-Plessis Argantreg-ar-Genkiz
Commune
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Coat of arms
Location of Argentré-du-Plessis
Argentré-du-Plessis Argentré-du-Plessis
Coordinates: 48°03′29″N 1°09′10″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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
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

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

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

• 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