Plomelin
Plomelin
Ploveilh | |
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 Town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Plomelin | |
  Plomelin Location within France  Plomelin Location within Brittany | |
| 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 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. | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,321 | — |
| 1975 | 2,052 | +6.49% |
| 1982 | 3,041 | +5.78% |
| 1990 | 3,870 | +3.06% |
| 1999 | 3,938 | +0.19% |
| 2007 | 4,068 | +0.41% |
| 2012 | 4,155 | +0.42% |
| 2017 | 4,171 | +0.08% |
| 2023 | 4,239 | +0.27% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Breton language
[edit]The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 3 July 2008.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Communes of the Finistère department
- Buckwheat whisky, produced in Plomelin by Distillerie des Menhirs.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
[edit]- 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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