Modern Distribution of Plant-like names in France

A French Telephone Directory lists various Plant-like names in France including Plante/Plantie/Planty around Gacony (SW France) and Plantard mainly in Brittany (NW France). In general, a handful of administrative Departments exist in each region of France and the following distributions of each Plant-like name can be related to a map of the regions.

Plante

817 entries mainly clustered around Gascony in SW France (with a further 32 entries for Plante in a Telephone Directory for Spain)

127 in N American French teritories, 64 in Pyrenees-Atlantique, 42 in Haute-Garonne, 41 in Gironde, 37 in Lot-et-Garonne, 35 in Gers, 28 in Landes, 23 in Haute-Pyrenees (apart from N America, these aggregate for regions into 170 in Aquitaine and 100 in neighbouring Midi-Pyrenees)

There were also early occurences around Brittany with 154 entries in 1607-1892 births at Pleguien and 74 entries in 1533-1792 births at Pluzunet.

Planty and Plantie

105 entries for Planty and 102 entries for Plantie are scattered mostly around the peripheries of the SW France region where Plante is found

Planty 13 in Tarn, 9 in Charente-Maritime, 7 in Haute-Garonne, 7 in Vienne, 5 in Charente, 5 in Maine-et-Loire (these aggregate, for regions, into 21 in Poitou-Charentes, 20 in Midi-Pyrenees, and 5 in Pays de la Loire)

Plantie 16 in Aude, 11 in Haute-Garonne, 10 in Lot-et-Garonne, 9 in Ariege, 8 in Gers (these aggregate, for regions, into 28 in Midi-Pyrenees, 16 in Languedoc-Roussillon, and 10 in Aquitaine)

Plantiveau

49 entries clustered mainly around midway along the Atlantic coast of western France

16 in Deux-Sevres, 5 in Loire-Atlantique (these are respectively in the regions of Poitou-Charentes and neighbouring Pays de la Loire)

Plantive

87 entries mainly midway along the Atlantic coast of western France

67 in Loire-Atlantique (this Department is in the region of Pays de la Loire)

Plantadis

58 entries clustered mainly near Limoges in west central France

18 in Correze, 5 in Haute-Vienne (both these Departments are in the region of Limousin)

Plantade

334 entries clustered mainly around Toulouse in SW France

39 in Haute-Garonne, 37 in Tarn-et-Garonne, 20 in Tarn, 19 in Paris, 18 in Cantal, 14 in Correze (apart from Paris, these aggregate for regions into 96 in Midi-Pyrenees, 18 in Auvergne, and 14 in Limousin)

Plantard

425 entries clustered mainly around Brittany in NW France

63 in Marbihan, 54 in Loire-Atlantic, 28 in Ille-et-Vilaine, 18 in Maine-et-Loire (these aggregate of regions into 91 in Bretagne and 72 in neighbouring Pays de la Loire)

with a smaller cluster in eastern France

27 in Saone-et-Loire, 24 in Nievre, 16 in Haute-Savoie (these aggregate for regions into 51 in Bourgogne and 16 in neighbouring Rhone-Alpes)

Plantier

1014 entries clustered in eastern France (around Lyons)

111 in Isere, 93 in Gard, 82 in Rhone, 79 in Drome, 69 in Ardeche, 46 in Ain (these aggregate for regions into 387 in Rhone-Alpes and 93 in neighbouring Languedoc-Roussillion)

Planta

63 entries clustered, apart from Paris, mainly in Dauphiny in eastern France near the Italian border (with 80 further occurences of Planta in a Telephone Directory for Italy)

15 in Drome, 9 in Paris, 6 in Ardeche, 4 in Isere, 4 in Var

Plantin

516 entries clustered, apart from Nord, in the SE of France

91 in Haute-Loire, 41 in Nord, 33 in Puy-du_Dome, 24 in Rhone, 16 in Herault (these aggregate for regions into 124 in Auvergne, 41 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 24 in Rhone-Alpes, 16 in Languedoc-Rousillion)

Planterose

52 entries clustered mainly on the Channel coast around Rouen

28 in Seine-Maritime (this Department is in the region Haute-Normandie)

Plantefeve

59 entries clustered around the northern tip of France near Lille

26 in Nord, 6 in Pas-de-Calais, 5 in Gironde (these aggregate for regions into 32 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and 5 in Aquitaine)

Other Plant-like names in France include Plantefol (17 occurrences), Plantavin (17), Plantevigne (16), Plantinet (12).

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