Plomelin (French pronunciation: ​[plɔmlɛ̃]; Ploveilh in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plomelin Ploveilh
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plomelin
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Coordinates: 47°56′11″N 4°09′06″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimper-1
Intercommunality	Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	M. Dominique Le Roux
Area 1	26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	4,191
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29170 /29700
Elevation	0–88 m (0–289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies near the Odet river, about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Quimper.

International relations

Plomelin is twinned with the village of Crymych in Wales and the village of Betziesdorf [de] in Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 3 July 2008.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Buckwheat whisky, produced in Plomelin by Distillerie des Menhirs.

References

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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