Plouay
Plouay
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 The town hall in Plouay | |
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 Location of Plouay | |
  Plouay Location within France  Plouay Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′56″N 3°20′02″W / 47.9156°N 3.3339°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Guidel |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Gwenn Le Nay[1] |
Area 1 | 67.33 km2 (26.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,755 |
| • Density | 85.47/km2 (221.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56166 /56240 |
| Elevation | 13–164 m (43–538 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Plouay (French pronunciation: [pluɛ]; Breton: Ploue) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[3]
Plouay hosts the GP Ouest-France and the GP de Plouay, annual cycling races (a men's and women's race, respectively). It was also the location of the UCI Road World Championships in 2000. The Tour de France has visited this town three times: in 1998, 2002 and in 2006.
Population
[edit]Inhabitants of Plouay or Ploue are called Plouaysiens in French and Plouead (Ploueiz), Ploueadez (-ed) in Breton.[4]
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Geography
[edit]Plouay is located in the west of Morbihan, 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of Hennebont and 18.5 km (11.5 mi) north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Vannetais. The river Scorff forms the commune's western border. The area is hilly and forest-covered. Apart from the village centre, there are many hamlets in the commune.
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History
[edit]The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1576. The marquis of Pontcallec had in the seventeenth century in the village of Plouay court, prison, pillory and gallows with four pillars.
Breton language
[edit]The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 10 February 2006.
In 2008, 11.56% of the children in Plouay attended Breton-French bilingual classes in primary education.[7]
Gallery
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The Marquis's house, maybe the oldest house in the village centre.
Manehouarn castle.
The church of Saint-Ouen.
The chapel of Notre-Dame des Grâces.
The chapel of Notre-Dame des Fleurs.
Twin towns
[edit]Plouay is twinned with Pershore in England.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Portail géographique de la Bretagne Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine – in French and Breton (accessed 29 July 2010).
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Plouay, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
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- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- Map showing location of Ploue in Breton
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
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