France · Angers
Prison du Pré-Pigeon
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1856
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1856
Region
Angers
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Marie Roserot de Melin1891–1962 · nurse
- Marie Talet1884–1944 · teacher
- Annie Guéhenno1916–2006 · writer
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Germaine Leloy-Godefroy1917–1949
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q22979472)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Prison du Pré-Pigeon. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-du-pre-pigeon
"Prison du Pré-Pigeon." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-du-pre-pigeon.
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title = {Prison du Pré-Pigeon},
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urldate = {2026-10-20}
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