Plessala

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Plessala

Elevation95 m

Land area51.45 km²

Coordinates48.28°, -2.62°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Plessala is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Émile Hamonic

French photographer, painter, and postcard publisher (1861-1943)

François Douaren

French jurist

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Alexis Presse

French priest and theologian (1883–1965)

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Alexandre Jacques François de Courson de La Villevallio

French soldier (1767-1847)

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Charles Salmon

physician (1925-2009)

Eugène Mando

French politician

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François Félix Monjaret de Kerjégu

French politician

François Marie Monjaret de Kerjégu

French politician

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Guy XV de Laval

French noble and military officer

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Jean-Baptiste Veillet-Dufrêche

French politician (1838–1892)

Jules de Monjaret de Kerjegu

French politician and military personnel (1816–1880)

Louis Monjaret de Kerjégu

French politician (1812–1880)

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Lucien Rault

French long distance runner

René Louail

French politician

Émile Régnier

French flying ace (1894-1940)

Jean-Marie Beurel

French priest (1813–1872)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bretagne

• Moncontour
  5.8 mi away · pop. 745
• Saint-Jacut-du-Mené
  6.3 mi away
• Plémet
  6.9 mi away · pop. 3,739
• Bréhand
  8.9 mi away · pop. 1,707
• La Ferrière
  9.3 mi away · pop. 455
• Saint-Hervé
  9.6 mi away · pop. 401
• La Chèze
  10.2 mi away · pop. 566
• Saint-Barnabé
  10.4 mi away · pop. 1,214
• Trégenestre
  11 mi away
• Landéhen
  11.2 mi away · pop. 1,442
• Rouillac
  11.8 mi away · pop. 396
• Pommeret
  12.9 mi away · pop. 2,121

Browse all places in Bretagne →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-26

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-22

Ruby Bolete

Hortiboletus rubellus

Seen 2026-09-20

European Dyer's Polypore

Phaeolus schweinitzii

Seen 2026-09-20

Steppe Grasshopper

Chorthippus dorsatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Green Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Seen 2026-09-20

Spotted Firebug

Corizus hyoscyami

Seen 2026-09-19

Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Seen 2026-09-19

Hyaline Grass Bug

Liorhyssus hyalinus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers