Plomelin Ploveilh | |
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) Town hall | |
) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plomelin  | |
)  Plomelin ) Plomelin | |
| Coordinates: 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-Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | M. Dominique Le Roux |
| Area 1 | 26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 4,171 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/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 Betziesdorf 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 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 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)