Pléneuf-Val-André

Pléneuf-Val-André (Breton: Pleneg-Nantraezh, Gallo: Ploenoec) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. The writer Florian Le Roy (1901–1959), winner of the 1947 Prix Cazes was born in Pléneuf-Val-André and the journalist Yves Grosrichard (1907–1992) died there too.

Pléneuf-Val-André Pleneg-Nantraezh
Commune
Aerial view of Le Val-André
Coat of arms
Location of Pléneuf-Val-André
Pléneuf-Val-André Pléneuf-Val-André
Coordinates: 48°35′30″N 2°32′49″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Pléneuf-Val-André
Intercommunality	Côte de Penthièvre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-Alexis Blévin
Area ^1	17.07 km^2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,073
• Density	240/km^2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22186 /22370
Elevation	0–117 m (0–384 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,522	—
1968	3,651	+3.7%
1975	3,654	+0.1%
1982	3,591	−1.7%
1990	3,600	+0.3%
1999	3,680	+2.2%
2008	3,949	+7.3%

People from Pléneuf-Val-André are called pléneuviens or valandréens in French.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

Gallery

• 
  Val-André, wide-angle view
• 
  Val-André, the beach and harbour
• 
  Sunset at the beach of Val-André
• 
  Val-André, the chapel

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)