Plomelin

Plomelin (French pronunciation: [plɔmlɛ̃]; Ploveilh in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Plomelin Ploveilh
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plomelin
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Coordinates: 47°56′11″N 4°09′06″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimper-1
Intercommunality	Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Le Roux[1]
Area 1	26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,216
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29170 /29700
Elevation	0–88 m (0–289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies near the Odet river, about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Quimper.

International relations

Plomelin is twinned with the village of Crymych in Wales and the village of Betziesdorf [de] in Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,321	—
1975	2,052	+6.49%
1982	3,041	+5.78%
1990	3,870	+3.06%
1999	3,938	+0.19%
2007	4,068	+0.41%
2012	4,155	+0.42%
2017	4,171	+0.08%
Source: INSEE[3]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 3 July 2008.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Buckwheat whisky, produced in Plomelin by Distillerie des Menhirs.