Plomelin
Ploveilh | |
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Town hall | |
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 (2021)[2] | 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
[edit]Plomelin is twinned with the village of Crymych in Wales and the village of Betziesdorf in Germany.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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% |
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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, 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)