Plomeur (French pronunciation: [plɔmœʁ]; Breton: Ploveur) is a commune in the Bigouden region of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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.

Pardon at the Notre-Dame de Tréminou chapel[fr] in 1920 captured by Jacques de Thézac[fr]

Population

Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19681,916
19752,263+2.41%
19822,852+3.36%
19903,272+1.73%
19993,203−0.24%
20073,494+1.09%
20123,833+1.87%
20173,774−0.31%
20233,904+0.57%
Source: INSEE

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.

See also

External links

  • (in French)
  • Base Mérimée: , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)