Ploemeur

Ploemeur (Plañvour), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient.

Population
The inhabitants are called the Ploemeurois. The municipality launched a linguistic plan to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006.

Etymology
The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton Plo Meur meaning "Big Parish".

Geography
Ploemeur is close to Lorient (An Oriant), a sub-prefecture of Morbihan.

People

 * Nathalie Appéré, Mayor of Rennes
 * Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the Château de Soye - †1885), who built the first armored battleship.
 * Yoann Gourcuff, born on 11 July 1986, is a footballer of Olympique Lyonnais and of the France national team.
 * Diego Yesso, footballer

International relations
Ploemeur is twinned with: