Plomeur

Plomeur (French pronunciation: [plɔmœʁ]; Breton: Ploveur) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Commune
The church and the calvary in Plomeur
Coat of arms
Location of Plomeur
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Coordinates: 47°50′28″N 4°17′00″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  (2022)[2]	3,877
• 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 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

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

• Communes of the Finistère department