Ploemeur
Ploemeur
Plañvour | |
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 The town hall in Ploemeur | |
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Location of Ploemeur | |
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| Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W / 47.7372°N 3.4261°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Ploemeur |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ronan Loas[1] |
Area 1 | 39.72 km2 (15.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 18,873 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ploemeur (French pronunciation: [plømœʁ]; Breton: Plañvour), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient.
Population
The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois. The municipality launched a linguistic plan to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7,089 | — |
| 1975 | 9,565 | +4.37% |
| 1982 | 13,455 | +5.00% |
| 1990 | 17,637 | +3.44% |
| 1999 | 18,304 | +0.41% |
| 2007 | 18,509 | +0.14% |
| 2012 | 17,875 | −0.69% |
| 2017 | 17,853 | −0.02% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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
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The pier -
The Island of Groix at the horizon -
End of the day on the port
People
- Nathalie Appéré, Mayor of Rennes
- 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 France national team.
- Diego Yesso, footballer
International relations
Ploemeur is twinned with:
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See also
References
- ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Infoveriti (2011). "KOMITET MIAST BLIŹNIACZYCH NOWA DĘBA - FERMOY - PLOEMEUR - KRS - InfoVeriti". infoveriti.pl. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploemeur.
- 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
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
