Essé

Not to be confused with other Esse.

Essé (French pronunciation: [ese]; Gallo: Eczaé, Breton: Ezieg) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Essé Eczaé (Gallo) Ezieg (Breton)
Commune
La Roche-aux-Fées, a dolmen
Location of Essé
Essé Show map of France Essé Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°57′30″N 1°25′24″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	Roche-aux-Fées
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Joseph Geslin[1]
Area 1	23.19 km2 (8.95 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,028
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35108 /35150
Elevation	32–92 m (105–302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Essé are called Esséens (m pl; Esséennes f pl) in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	781	—
1968	831	+6.4%
1975	729	−12.3%
1982	747	+2.5%
1990	816	+9.2%
1999	848	+3.9%
2008	1,107	+30.5%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department