Pluméliau

Pluméliau Pluniav
Part of Pluméliau-Bieuzy
The Chapel of Saint-Nicolas-des-Eaux, in Pluméliau
Coat of arms
Location of Pluméliau
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Coordinates: 47°57′30″N 2°58′20″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Pontivy
Commune	Pluméliau-Bieuzy
Area ^1	67.72 km^2 (26.15 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]	3,624
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	56930
Elevation	33–152 m (108–499 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pluméliau (French pronunciation: [plymeljo]; Breton: Pluniav) is a former commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[2] On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Pluméliau-Bieuzy.[3]

Geography

The ruisseau de Kergouët forms part of the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Ével, which forms its south-eastern border.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Pluméliau are called in French Plumelois.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Henri Gouzien, sculptor of Pluméliau War Memorial

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2016, INSEE
2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pluméliau, EHESS (in French).
3. Arrêté préfectoral 28 November 2018 (in French)

External links

• Cultural Heritage (in French)