Plomeur
Plomeur
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 The church and the calvary in Plomeur | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plomeur  | |
  Plomeur  Plomeur | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′28″N 4°17′00″W / 47.8411°N 4.2833°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 (2021)[2] | 3,866 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/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 (French pronunciation: [plɔmœʁ]; 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
[edit]Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,916 | — |
| 1975 | 2,263 | +2.41% |
| 1982 | 2,852 | +3.36% |
| 1990 | 3,272 | +1.73% |
| 1999 | 3,203 | −0.24% |
| 2007 | 3,494 | +1.09% |
| 2012 | 3,833 | +1.87% |
| 2017 | 3,774 | −0.31% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Breton language
[edit]The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 28 April 2006.
In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Staying in Plomeur
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