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Country
  
France

Department
  
Morbihan

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Lorient

Area
  
39.72 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lorient

Region
  
Brittany

Canton
  
Ploemeur

Population (1999)
  
18,304

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:33 AM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 26 km/h, 94% Humidity

Ploemeur (Plañvour in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France.

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Map of Ploemeur, France

The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.

Etymology

The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Big Parish".

Geography

Ploemeur is close to Lorient (Breton: An Oriant), a sub-prefecture of Morbihan.

People

  • Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the Château de Soye - †1885), who built the first armored battleship.
  • Yoann Gourcuff, born on 11 July 1986, is a footballer of Olympique Lyonnais and of the French national team.
  • Diego Yesso footballer
  • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Ploemeur is twinned with:

    References

    Ploemeur Wikipedia