Plomeur
Commune in Brittany, France
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Plomeur (French pronunciation: [plɔmœʁ]; Breton: Ploveur) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Plomeur
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The church and the calvary in Plomeur | |
.svg) 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 (2023)[2] | 3,904 |
| • Density | 131.5/km2 (340.6/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
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]
