Plats, Ardèche

Plats
Commune
A view of the village of Plats
Location of Plats
Plats Location within France Plats Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°00′39″N 4°46′59″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Intercommunality	CA Arche Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Régis Reynaud
Area 1	16.25 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	828
• Density	51.0/km2 (132/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07177 /07300
Elevation	178–543 m (584–1,781 ft) (avg. 460 m or 1,510 ft)
Website	(in French) www.plats.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plats (French pronunciation: [pla] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Plat) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	350	—
1975	321	−1.23%
1982	381	+2.48%
1990	443	+1.90%
1999	509	+1.56%
2007	733	+4.66%
2012	809	+1.99%
2017	854	+1.09%
2023	828	−0.51%
Source: INSEE

Town hall

Toponymy

Plats was called Planum in 1275, Plana in XIV^e, Plais in XVIII^e, then it was called Plas and Plats. The name of the town is written プラ in Japanese, Пла in Russian and 쁠라 in Korean.

Town planning

Housing

Evolution of housing between 1968 and 2017.

1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012	2017
134	170	183	198	240	311	345	371

Personalities linked to Plats

Commemorative plaque for Marie Banc (Sister Mary of the Angels) at the house of her birth in Plats.

• Marie-France Banc (1876 - 1965), Righteous Among the Nations. She was born in Plats and died in Saint-Félicien.

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department