Plouay

Plouay

Ploue
Plouay Ploue
Commune
	The town hall in Plouay
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°54′56″N 3°20′02″W / 47.9156°N 3.3339°WCoordinates: 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 (2020–2026)	Gwenn Le Nay
Area 1	67.33 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,726
• Density	85/km2 (220/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 (Breton: Ploue) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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.

Twin towns[]

Plouay is twinned with Pershore in England.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Plouay or Ploue are called Plouaysiens in French and Plouead (Ploueiz), Ploueadez (-ed) in Breton.^[3]

Breton language[]

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on February the 10th of 2006.

In 2008, 11.56% of the children in Plouay attended Breton-French bilingual classes in primary education.^[4]

References[]

Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
INSEE commune file

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Portail géographique de la Bretagne Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine - in French and Breton (accessed 29 July 2010).
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue