Ploemeur | |
Native Name: | Plañvour |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Ploemeur (Morbihan).svg |
Coordinates: | 47.7372°N -3.4261°W |
Insee: | 56162 |
Postal Code: | 56270 |
Arrondissement: | Lorient |
Canton: | Ploemeur |
Mayor: | Ronan Loas[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Lorient Agglomération |
Elevation Min M: | -1 |
Elevation Max M: | 55 |
Area Km2: | 39.72 |
Ploemeur (in French pronounced as /plømœʁ/; Breton: Plañvour), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient.
The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois. The municipality launched a linguistic plan to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.
The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Big Parish".
Ploemeur is close to Lorient, a sub-prefecture of Morbihan.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.
Ploemeur is twinned with: