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Plomeur (; ) is a commune in the Bigouden region of
Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in north-western France
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.
Plomeur is situated between the larger communes of Penmarc'h
Penmarch (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.Guilvinec and Treffiagat to the South, as well as
Pont-l'Abbé
Pont-l'Abbé (; , "Abbot's bridge") is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France.
The self-styled capital of Pays Bigouden (roughly th ...
to the East.
The beaches on the Baie d'Audierne are shared with the community of Tréguennec to the north and Pors-Carn (part of the commune of Penmarc'h
Penmarch (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France.Pointe de la Torche, a
''Enseignement bilingue''
Official website
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Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub
promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the s ...
and rocky granite outcropping
An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth and other terrestrial planets.
Features
Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most pla ...
as well as a prehistoric settlement and burial site registered as a historic monument.
Population
Inhabitants of Plomeur are called in French ''Plomeurois''.Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning theBreton language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albei ...
through Ya d'ar brezhoneg
(, ) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the () to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language which has fallen out of general use since the ...
on 28 April 2006.
In 2009, 30.71% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official website
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Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub