Country France Department Morbihan Intercommunality Région de Plouay Area 67.33 km² Arrondissement Lorient | Region Brittany Canton Plouay Population (1999) 4,759 Local time Wednesday 4:00 AM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Plouay (Breton: Ploue) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.
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Map of 56240 Plouay, 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.
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.
References
Plouay Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA