Plaisance is a French word, meaning pleasantness, derived from the Latin placentia 'acceptable things'.
The name Plaisance may refer to:
People
- Plaisance of Antioch (1235–1261), sometimes also referred to as Plaisance of Cyprus or Plaisance of Poitiers
Locations in Europe
- Neuilly-Plaisance, in the Seine-Saint-Denis département in France
- Plaisance, a district in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Plaisance, Aveyron, in the Aveyron département in France
- Plaisance, Dordogne, in the Dordogne département in France
- Plaisance, Gers, in the Gers département in France
- Plaisance, Vienne, in the Vienne département in France
- Plaisance-du-Touch, in the Haute-Garonne département in France
- Plasencia, Spain
- Piacenza, Italy
- Plaisance, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Locations in the Americas
- Plaisance, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Plaisance, Nord, a town in the Nord Department of Haiti
- Plaisance, Quebec, a village in Western Quebec
- Plaisance-du-Sud, a town in the Nippes Department of Haiti
- Plaisance, a town in St. Landry Parish of Louisiana
- Midway Plaisance, a park in Chicago
- Plaisance, a community in Guyana
Locations in Africa
- Plaisance, Seychelles, an administrative district on the island of Mahé
- Plaisance, Mauritius, the location of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius.