Pléchâtel (French pronunciation: [pleʃatɛl]; Breton: Plegastell) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Pléchâtel
Plegastell | |
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Commune | |
The church of Pléchâtel | |
Location of Pléchâtel ![]() | |
Pléchâtel Pléchâtel | |
| Coordinates: 47°53′43″N 1°44′50″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Redon |
| Canton | Bain-de-Bretagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Bourasseau[1] |
| Area 1 | 36.32 km2 (14.02 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,780 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35221 /35470 |
| Elevation | 7–116 m (23–381 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The river Semnon forms all of the commune's northern border, then flows into the Vilaine, which forms all of its western border.
Inhabitants of Pléchâtel are called Pléchâtellois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,503 | — |
| 1968 | 1,512 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 1,559 | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 1,780 | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 1,834 | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1,946 | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 2,685 | +38.0% |
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