Ploemeur
Commune in Brittany, France
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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
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The town hall in Ploemeur | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ploemeur | |
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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 |
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| • Mayor (2026–32) | Ronan Loas[1] |
Area 1 | 39.72 km2 (15.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 18,872 |
| • Density | 475.1/km2 (1,231/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. | |
Population
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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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
- Nathalie Appéré, Mayor of Rennes
- 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 France national team.
- Diego Yesso, footballer
