La Planche

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) Séverine Joly-Piveteau^[1]Area24.42 km² (9.43 sq mi)Population2,799 • Density110/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation13–52 m (43–171 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.^[3]

It is situated at 25 km (16 miles) south of Nantes. The 1973 Nantes mid-air collision took place above La Planche.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1856 1,898 —     1872 1,817 −0.27% 1901 1,748 −0.13% 1926 1,430 −0.80% 1946 1,403 −0.10% 1962 1,513 +0.47% 1968 1,471 −0.47%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 1,532 +0.58% 1982 1,883 +2.99% 1990 2,052 +1.08% 1999 2,075 +0.12% 2007 2,297 +1.28% 2012 2,452 +1.31% 2017 2,640 +1.49%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Culture

In La Planche, the Musée de la chanson française has been established in 1992. The goal of the museum, to remember the artists that have established the heritage of the chanson.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References