Ploemeur

Ploemeur Plañvour
Commune
The town hall in Ploemeur
Coat of arms
Location of Ploemeur
Ploemeur Ploemeur
Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Ploemeur
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014 — 2020)	Ronan Loas
Area 1	39.72 km2 (15.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	18,591
• Density	470/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 (Plañvour in Breton), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.

The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan 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

• 
  The pier
• 
  The Island of Groix at the horizon
• 
  End of the day on the port

People

• 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ploemeur is twinned with:

Diksmuide, Belgium Fermoy, Ireland Nowa Dęba, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

• 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
• French Ministry of Culture list for Ploemeur (in French)