Plélan-le-Grand
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Plélan-le-Grand Plelann-Veur |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Montfort-sur-Meu | |
| Community association | Brocéliande | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W | |
| height | 42-154 m | |
| surface | 49.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,949 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 79 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35380 | |
| INSEE code | 35223 | |
| Website | http://www.plelan-le-grand.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Plélan-le-Grand |
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Plélan-le-Grand ( Breton Plelann-Veur ) is a French municipality with 3949 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . Plélan-le-Grand belongs to the Arrondissement of Rennes and the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu . The inhabitants are called Plélanais (es) .
geography
Plélan-le-Grand is located on the Paimpont forest (also Brocéliande ) on the Canut River , which has its source here. Plélan-le-Grand is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Péran in the north, Treffendel in the north-east, Maxent in the east and south-east, Loutehel in the south, Saint-Malo-de-Beignon and Beignon in the south-west and Paimpont in the west and north-west.
The former Route nationale 24 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,401 | 2,336 | 2,284 | 2,349 | 2,566 | 2,940 | 3,398 | 3,611 |
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Plélan-le-Grand
- Saint-Pierre church from 1850, built on the site of the old 13th century church, bell tower from 1620
- Le Pont-Mussard Castle
- Town hall with market halls
- Seascape
- Saint Fiacre fountain
- Metal smelters and forges from around 1630, as industrial monuments Monument historique
Personalities
The holy Conuvoion is said to have founded the Saint-Maixent monastery here in the ninth century.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1110-1112.
