Loudéac

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Loudéac Loudieg
Commune
Rue de Pontivy leading to St Nicholas church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°10′40″N 2°45′14″W / 48.1778°N 2.7539°W / 48.1778; -2.7539Coordinates: 48°10′40″N 2°45′14″W / 48.1778°N 2.7539°W / 48.1778; -2.7539
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Saint-Brieuc
Canton	Loudéac
Intercommunality	Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Le Bescaut
Area 1	80.24 km2 (30.98 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	9,600
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22136 /22600
Elevation	73–245 m (240–804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loudéac (French pronunciation: ​[ludeak]; Breton: Loudieg; Gallo: Loudia) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population[]

The inhabitants of Loudéac are known in French as Loudéaciens.

Personalities[]

• Éon de l'Étoile
• Pape Sy, basketball player
• Penda Sy, basketball player
• Liam Kelly, football coach

Economics[]

Cabinet-making : Pastry-cooking :

Sport[]

Loudéac has 2 football teams, FC Saint-Bugan, named after an area in the town, and Loudéac OSC, formed from the amalgamation of Stade Loudéacien and Avenir Loudéac in the early 2000s. Loudéac OSC is traditionally a big club on the amateur scene in the region (being one of the larger towns). Recently, the club has restructured with a strong policy on developing youth, which has paid dividends as the club are again rising through the divisions. There is also a female team within the club. There is a handball team in the town, l'Amicale Laîque Loudéac Handball who compete across male and female senior and junior competition. A rugby team based in the town is named the Loup'déaciens (a play on words on the word 'loup' which means 'wolf' in French. There is a strong local pool scene, which has culminated in a youth based in the town becoming a world champion at youth level as part of a French team.

See also[]

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loudéac.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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