Plomeur | |
Native Name: | Ploveur |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Plomeur (Finistère).svg |
Coordinates: | 47.8411°N -4.2833°W |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 37 |
Insee: | 29171 |
Postal Code: | 29120 |
Arrondissement: | Quimper |
Canton: | Plonéour-Lanvern |
Mayor: | Ronan Crédou[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays Bigouden Sud |
Area Km2: | 29.69 |
Plomeur (in French pronounced as /plɔmœʁ/;) 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.
Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French Plomeurois.
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.[2]