Ploemeur

Ploemeur (Plañvour in Breton), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.

Ploemeur Plañvour
Commune
The town hall in Ploemeur
Coat of arms
Location of Ploemeur
Ploemeur Show map of France Ploemeur Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Ploemeur
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014 — 2020)	Ronan Loas
Area ^1	39.72 km^2 (15.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	17,853
• Density	450/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56162 /56270
Elevation	−1–55 m (−3.3–180.4 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.

Etymology

The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Big Parish".

Geography

Ploemeur is close to Lorient (Breton: An Oriant), a sub-prefecture of Morbihan.

Photographs of the Port of Lomener

• 
  The pier
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  The Island of Groix at the horizon
• 
  End of the day on the port

People

• Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the Château de Soye - †1885), who built the first armored battleship.
• Yoann Gourcuff, born on 11 July 1986, is a footballer of Olympique Lyonnais and of the French national team.
• Diego Yesso footballer

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ploemeur is twinned with:

Diksmuide, Belgium Fermoy, Ireland Nowa Dęba, Poland[2][3]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

Notes

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Infoveriti (2011). "KOMITET MIAST BLIŹNIACZYCH NOWA DĘBA - FERMOY - PLOEMEUR - KRS - InfoVeriti". infoveriti.pl. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
3. Nowa Dęba City Council (2011). "Oficjalna strona Miasta i Gminy Nowa Dęba / Organizacje pozarządowe". nowadeba.pl. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

External links

• Official site of Ploemeur
• Unofficial site on the history of Ploemeur and its monuments
• Ploemeur/Plañvour's page on the portal of the towns and cities of Brittany
• French Ministry of Culture list for Ploemeur (in French)