Ploemeur
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| Commune of Ploemeur / Plañvour |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | -3.43° |
| Latitude | 47.73° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Department | Morbihan (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Ploemeur |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Lorient |
| Mayor | Loïc Le Meur (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | -1 m–55 m (avg. 0 m) |
| Land area¹ | 39,72 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
18 304 |
| - Density () | aprox. 461/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56162/ 56270 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Ploemeur (Plañvour in Breton) is a commune of the French département of Morbihan in the French région of Bretagne (approximately 80% of Brittany). The inhabitants of this seaport are called the Ploemeurois and Ploemeuroise(s) (feminine) in French.
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[edit] Etimology
The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Grande Paroisse" in French and "Big Parish" in English.
[edit] Geography
Ploemeur is a commune very close to Lorient (Breton: An Oriant), the sous-préfecture of Morbihan.
[edit] Photographies of Lomener
 The pier |
 A part of the town |
 The Island of Groix at the horizon |
 End of the day on the port |
[edit] Notable births
- Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the Château de Soye - †1885), who built the first armored battleship.
- Yoann Gourcuff, born on July 11, 1986, is a footballer of the AC Milan and of the France U-21 team.
[edit] Twinnings
Ploemeur is twinned with those cities :
