Plouay

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The town hall in Plouay
Coat of arms
Plouay
Location within Brittany region Plouay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Plouay
Intercommunality	Région de Plouay
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Jacques Le Nay
Area1	67.33 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	4,759
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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, an annual cycling race (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.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

• Mayors of Morbihan Association (French)
• INSEE commune file

External links

• Cultural Heritage (French)
• Map of Plouay on Michelin (English)
• Map showing location of Ploue in Breton