Plomeur (French pronunciation: [plɔmœʁ]; Breton: Ploveur) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Plomeur
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![]() The church and the calvary in Plomeur | |
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Coordinates: 47°50′28″N 4°17′00″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Quimper |
Canton | Plonéour-Lanvern |
Intercommunality | Pays Bigouden Sud |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Ronan Crédou[1] |
Area 1 | 29.69 km2 (11.46 sq mi) |
Population | 3,828 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
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.
Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on April 28, 2006.
In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[3]
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