Plessix-Balisson
Encyclopedia
Plessix-Balisson is a commune
in the Côtes-d'Armor
department in Bretagne
in northwestern France
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With an area of only 8 hectare
s, Plessix-Balisson is the smallest commune of the region and the second smallest in France, after Castelmoron-d'Albret
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
department in Bretagne
Bretagne
Brittany ; is one of the 27 regions of France. It occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of the country, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. Its capital is Rennes.-Territory:...
in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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With an area of only 8 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
s, Plessix-Balisson is the smallest commune of the region and the second smallest in France, after Castelmoron-d'Albret
Castelmoron-d'Albret
Castelmoron-d'Albret is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France.It is notable for being the smallest commune in France by size, with an area of just 3.76 hectares, or 9.3 acres, . By comparison, the largest commune in metropolitan France is Arles, with an area of .-...
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