Plomelin
Plomelin
Ploveilh | |
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  Plomelin | |
| Coordinates: 47°56′11″N 4°09′06″W / 47.9364°N 4.1517°WCoordinates: 47°56′11″N 4°09′06″W / 47.9364°N 4.1517°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Quimper-1 |
| Intercommunality | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | M. Dominique Le Roux |
| Area 1 | 26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 4,187 |
| • 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. | |
Plomelin (French pronunciation: [plɔmlɛ̃]; Ploveilh in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
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 in Germany.
Population[]
Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.
Breton language[]
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on July 3, 2008.
See also[]
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Buckwheat whisky, produced in Plomelin by Distillerie des Menhirs.
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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