Ploemeur

French commune
nomcommune=Ploemeur
native_name=Plañvour


caption=A part of the town


x = 31
y = 101
lat_long=coord|47|44|12|N|3|25|48|W|region:FR_type:city
insee=56162
cp=56270
région=Bretagne
département=Morbihan
arrondissement=Lorient
canton=Ploemeur (chief town)
maire=Loïc Le Meur
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Lorient
alt moy= 0 m|alt mini=-1 m|alt maxi=55 m
hectares= 3972|km²=39.72
sans=18,304|date-sans=1999 |dens= aprox. 461|

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.

Etymology

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.

Geography

Ploemeur is a "commune" very close to Lorient ( _br. An Oriant), the "sous-préfecture" of Morbihan.

Photographies of Lomener

Notable births

* Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the " [http://memoire.de.soye.free.fr/ 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.

Twinnings

Ploemeur is twinned with those cities :
* Diksmuide, (Belgium)
* Fermoy, (Ireland)
* Nowa Dęba, (Poland)

ee also

*Communes of the Morbihan department

External links

* [http://www.ploemeur.com Official site of Ploemeur]
* [http://www.infobretagne.com/ploemeur.htm Unofficial site on the history of Ploemeur and its monuments]
* [http://www.geobreizh.com/breizh/fra/villes-fiche.asp?insee_ville=56162 Ploemeur/Plañvour's page on the portal of the towns and cities of Brittany]
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=56162 French Ministry of Culture list for Ploemeur] fr icon
* [http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapPerformPage?strAddress=&strCP=56270&strLocation=Ploemeur&strCountry=1424&image2.x=28&image2.y=7 Map of Ploemeur on Michelin] en icon