Pléneuf-Val-André

Pléneuf-Val-André

Pleneg-Nantraezh
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 / 48.5917°N 2.5469°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Pléneuf-Val-André
Intercommunality	CA Lamballe Terre et Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-Alexis Blévin
Area 1	17.07 km2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,063
• Density	240/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pléneuf-Val-André (French pronunciation: [plenœf val ɑ̃dʁe]; 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.

Geography

Pléneuf-Val-André lies 25 km east of Saint-Brieuc and 13 km north of Lamballe.

Population

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,651	—
1975	3,654	+0.01%
1982	3,591	−0.25%
1990	3,600	+0.03%
1999	3,680	+0.24%
2007	3,957	+0.91%
2012	4,063	+0.53%
2017	4,073	+0.05%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people

Félix Gautier, port master of Dahouët, Knight of the Legion of Honor and his son François Gautier (1832-1918), shipowner, builder of the Pourquoi-Pas?, close friend of Charcot.
Léonard Victor Charner (1797-1869), Admiral of France: in 1857 he built a manor house with chapel and guardhouse on land then close to the dunes but which would later be in the heart of Val-André. One of the main streets bears his name and its heritage became, by purchase in 1954, the Admiralty Park.
The poet Jean Richepin (1849-1926) built the villa La Carrière and is buried in the commune. The public college of Pléneuf bears his name.
Frédéric Henri Le Normand de Lourmel (1811-1854), brigadier general, fell in front of Sébastopol on 5 November 1854 and was buried on 20 December in the cemetery of Pléneuf.
Joseph Édouard de La Motte-Rouge (1804-1883), general, born in the Bellevue house located in the village.
Philippe Gavi, co-founder of the newspaper Liberation with Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July.
Pierre-Yvon Lenoir (1936-2015), French athlete, died in the town.
Charlotte Valandrey (1968-2022), actress, chose her pseudonym in reference to the town, and is buried there.
Fabrice Jeandesboz, professional cyclist.
Patrick de Gmeline, military historian, laureate of the French Academy.
Gustave Téry, journalist, founder of the newspaper L'Œuvre (buried in the commune).
Raoul Ponchon, writer, poet, member of the Goncourt Academy (buried in the commune).
André Cornu (politician), Secretary of State (buried in the commune).
Simone Gallimard, French publisher (buried in the commune).