Pléneuf-Val-André

Pléneuf-Val-André (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.

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.

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).