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.

Ploemeur Plañvour
Commune
The town hall in Ploemeur
Coat of arms
Location of Ploemeur
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Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″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  (Jan. 2019)[2]	17,778
• Density	450/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.

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.

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
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  The Island of Groix at the horizon
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  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 French national team.
• Diego Yesso, footballer

International relations

Ploemeur is twinned with:

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

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)

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