Plomelin
Commune in Brittany, France
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Plomelin (French pronunciation: [plɔmlɛ̃]; Ploveilh in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Plomelin
Ploveilh | |
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Town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Plomelin | |
  Plomelin  Plomelin | |
| 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 (2023)[2] | 4,239 |
| • Density | 162.5/km2 (421.0/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 in Germany. Breton town of more than 4,000 inhabitants, Plomelin (Ploveilh in Breton) is ideally located on the right bank of the Odet, halfway between Quimper, capital of Cornouaille and the beaches of Bénodet, Sainte-Marine and L 'Île-Tudy.
It offers more than 40 km of hiking trails through the countryside and along the banks of the Odet.
Traces of the past, some going back thousands of years, bear witness to the richness of its history. Source(Google)
Population
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.
