Pléneuf-Val-André

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.

Pléneuf-Val-André Pleneg-Nantraezh
Commune
Aerial view of Le Val-André
Coat of arms
Location of Pléneuf-Val-André
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Coordinates: 48°35′30″N 2°32′49″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[1]
Area 1	17.07 km2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,094
• 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.

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).

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department