Ploemeur

Ploemeur
Plañvour
Commune
The town hall in Ploemeur

Coat of arms
Ploemeur
Location within Brittany region
Ploemeur
Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W / 47.7372°N 3.4261°W / 47.7372; -3.4261Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W / 47.7372°N 3.4261°W / 47.7372; -3.4261
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Lorient
Canton Ploemeur
Intercommunality Lorient Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (2014 — 2020) Ronan Loas
Area1 39.72 km2 (15.34 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 18,304
  Density 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

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

People

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ploemeur is twinned with:

See also

References

Notes

  1. Infoveriti (2011). "KOMITET MIAST BLIŹNIACZYCH NOWA DĘBA - FERMOY - PLOEMEUR - KRS - InfoVeriti". infoveriti.pl. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. 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.


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