Le Plantay

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Le Plantay
Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes
Le Plantay
Coordinates: 46°01′00″N 5°05′00″E / 46.0167°N 5.0833°E / 46.0167; 5.0833Coordinates: 46°01′00″N 5°05′00″E / 46.0167°N 5.0833°E / 46.0167; 5.0833
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Chalamont
Intercommunality Chalamont
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Guy de Framond
Area
  Land1 19.96 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 535
  Population2 Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 01299 / 01330
Elevation 267–286 m (876–938 ft)
(avg. 275 m or 902 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Plantay is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 452    
1800 336−25.7%
1806 386+14.9%
1821 383−0.8%
1831 352−8.1%
1836 338−4.0%
1841 355+5.0%
1846 422+18.9%
1851 440+4.3%
1856 455+3.4%
1861 466+2.4%
1866 551+18.2%
1872 560+1.6%
1876 589+5.2%
1881 508−13.8%
1886 556+9.4%
1891 491−11.7%
1896 538+9.6%
1901 517−3.9%
1906 485−6.2%
1911 492+1.4%
1921 441−10.4%
1926 433−1.8%
1931 432−0.2%
1936 389−10.0%
1946 399+2.6%
1954 373−6.5%
1962 323−13.4%
1968 300−7.1%
1975 281−6.3%
1982 339+20.6%
1990 344+1.5%
1999 417+21.2%
2008 535+28.3%

Sights

The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes, founded by Trappist monks in 1863, is located in the commune.

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