Piré-sur-Seiche
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| Piré-sur-Seiche Pereg | |
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  Piré-sur-Seiche | |
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Location within Brittany region  Piré-sur-Seiche | |
| Coordinates: 48°00′37″N 1°25′45″W / 48.0103°N 1.4292°WCoordinates: 48°00′37″N 1°25′45″W / 48.0103°N 1.4292°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| Canton | Janzé |
| Intercommunality | Pays de la Roche-aux-Fées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Dominique Denieul |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Population2 | 2,233 |
| • Population2 Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35220 / 35150 |
| Elevation | 31–86 m (102–282 ft) |
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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. | |
Piré-sur-Seiche (Breton: Pereg) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
People from Piré-sur-Seiche are called Piréens in French.
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 1,895 | — |
| 1968 | 1,950 | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,743 | −10.6% |
| 1982 | 1,809 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 1,730 | −4.4% |
| 1999 | 1,877 | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 2,233 | +19.0% |
Notable people
- Léon Letort, (1889 – 1913) was a pioneer French aviator.
- Hippolyte Marie Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, General of the Empire
- Alexandre-Élisabeth de Rosnyvinen, deputy of the legislature of the Second Empire of 1856 to 1870.
- Paul Carron de La Carrière, mayor and deputy
- Stéphane Brousse (1964-) writer and naturalist, lives at Piré sur Seiche.
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