Plomeur
Plomeur
Ploveur | |
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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 (2014–2020) | Ronan Crédou |
| Area 1 | 29.69 km2 (11.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 3,579 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/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 (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
Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on April 28, 2006.
In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Template:Fr icon Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official website Template:Fr icon
- French Ministry of Culture list for Plomeur Template:Fr icon
- Staying in Plomeur
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