Plomelin

Plomelin Ploveilh
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plomelin
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Coordinates: 47°56′11″N 4°09′06″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 km^2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,187
• Density	160/km^2 (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 km^2 (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

Plomelin is twinned with the village of Crymych in Wales and the village of Betziesdorf [de] in Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 3 July 2008.^[citation needed]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Buckwheat whisky, produced in Plomelin by Distillerie des Menhirs.

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• 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)