Ploemeur
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Ploemeur (French pronunciation: [plømœʁ]; Breton: Plañvour), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient.
Ploemeur
Plañvour | |
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Coordinates: 47°44′14″N 3°25′34″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Ploemeur |
Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Ronan Loas[1] |
Area 1 | 39.72 km2 (15.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 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. |
The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois. The municipality launched a linguistic plan to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 7,089 | — |
1975 | 9,565 | +4.37% |
1982 | 13,455 | +5.00% |
1990 | 17,637 | +3.44% |
1999 | 18,304 | +0.41% |
2007 | 18,509 | +0.14% |
2012 | 17,875 | −0.69% |
2017 | 17,853 | −0.02% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Big Parish".
Ploemeur is close to Lorient (Breton: An Oriant), a sub-prefecture of Morbihan.
Ploemeur is twinned with: