Canton of Ploemeur
| Canton of Ploemeur | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| main place | Ploemeur |
| Establishment date | 5th February 1982 |
| Residents | 34,828 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 491 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 70.92 km² |
| Communities | 3 |
| INSEE code | 5612 |
 Location of the canton of Ploemeur in the Morbihan department |
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The canton of Ploemeur (Breton canton of Plañvour ) is a French constituency in the arrondissement of Lorient , in the department of Morbihan and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Ploemeur .
location
The canton is located in the south of the Morbihan department west of the city of Lorient .
Communities
The canton of Ploemeur comprises three municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larmor plague | To Arvor | 8,299 | 7.27 | 56260 | 56107 |
| Ploemeur | Plañvor | 17,853 | 39.72 | 56270 | 56162 |
| Quéven | Kewenn | 8,676 | 23.93 | 56530 | 56185 |
| Canton of Ploemeur | Plañvor | 34,828 | 70.92 | - | 5612 |
Canton of Ploemeur until 2015
Until the state-wide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the old canton of Ploemeur comprised two municipalities on an area of 46.99 km². These were: Larmor-Plage and Ploemeur (main town).
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,481 | 12,966 | 14,954 | 19,828 | 25,715 | 26,774 | 26,883 | 26.094 |