La Plaine-sur-Mer

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Plaine-sur-Mer

(2020–2026) Séverine Marchand^[1]Area

16.39 km² (6.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,478 • Density270/km² (710/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44126 /44770

Elevation0–38 m (0–125 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Plaine-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [la plɛn syʁ mɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Plaen-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,420	—
1821	1,202	−0.59%
1846	1,429	+0.69%
1872	1,436	+0.02%
1901	1,614	+0.40%
1926	1,219	−1.12%
1946	1,191	−0.12%
1962	1,475	+1.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,635	+1.73%
1975	1,797	+1.36%
1982	2,006	+1.58%
1990	2,104	+0.60%
1999	2,517	+2.01%
2007	3,610	+4.61%
2012	3,929	+1.71%
2017	4,266	+1.66%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Plaine-sur-Mer, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE