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La Planche
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La Planche is a commune in France, situated in the Loire-Atlantique department within the Pays de la Loire region. It lies in the arrondissement of Nantes and the canton of Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine, while its associated electoral district is the canton of Clisson. The town shares borders with Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine, Montbert, Remouillé, and Vieillevigne. Its official website is laplanche.fr, and it is twinned with Colonna.
The commune has an area of 24.42 square kilometers and an elevation of 52 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 44140. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 2,810 residents (1,309 male and 1,331 female) and another citing 2,239. The townhall is located in La Planche.
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- Locality
- La Planche
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,239
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Loire-Atlantique
- Arrondissement
- Nantes
- Canton
- Clisson
- Intercommunality
- CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Séverine Joly-Piveteau
- Area
- 24.42 km (9.43 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,810
- Density
- 115/km (298/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 44127 /44140
- Elevation
- 13–52 m (43–171 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Planche
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nantes
- Population
- 2799
- Area
- 24.42
- Elevation
- 28
- Shares border with
- Montaigu-Vendée
- Official website
- www.laplanche.fr
- Image
- La Planche - Villa des Rambaudières.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Colonna
- Commons category
- La Planche
- postal code
- 44140
- associated electoral district
- canton of Clisson
- male population
- 1309
- female population
- 1331
- P8168
- Vyšehrad cemetery
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- laplanche.fr/fr
- phone number
- +33-2-40-31-92-76
- fax number
- +33-2-40-31-98-20
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Encyclopedic overview
La Planche ( French pronunciation: [la plɑ̃ʃ] ; Breton: Ar Plank) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
It is situated at 25 km (16 miles) south of Nantes. The 1973 Nantes mid-air collision took place above La Planche.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Planche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.