Plomelin

Plomelin Ploveilh
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Plomelin Coat of arms
Plomelin
Location within Brittany region Plomelin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimper-3
Intercommunality	Quimper-Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Le Dantec
Area1	26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,080
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	29170 / 29700
Elevation	0–88 m (0–289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Plomelin (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. Plomelin is twinned with the village of Betziesdorf in Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Plomelin are called in French Plomelinois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on July 3, 2008.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Plomelin (French)