Plomeur

Plomeur
Ploveur
Commune
The church and the calvary in Plomeur

Coat of arms
Plomeur
Location within Brittany region
Plomeur
Coordinates: 47°50′28″N 4°17′00″W / 47.8411°N 4.2833°W / 47.8411; -4.2833Coordinates: 47°50′28″N 4°17′00″W / 47.8411°N 4.2833°W / 47.8411; -4.2833
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Plonéour-Lanvern
Intercommunality Pays Bigouden Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Ronan Crédou
Area1 29.69 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 3,579
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 29171 /29120
Elevation 0–37 m (0–121 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.

Plomeur (Breton: Ploveur) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plomeur is situated between the larger communes of Penmarc'h to the South-West, Guilvinec and Treffiagat to the South, as well as Pont-l'Abbé to the East.

The beaches on the Baie d'Audierne are shared with the community of Tréguennec to the north and Pors-Carn (part of the commune of Penmarc'h) to the south.

The beach is divided by the Pointe de la Torche, a promontory and rocky granite outcropping as well as a prehistoric settlement and burial site registered as a historic monument.

Population

Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on April 28, 2006.

In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.
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