Plouay
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Commune of Plouay | |
Location | |
Longitude | 03° 20' 02" W |
Latitude | 47° 54' 56" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bretagne |
Department | Morbihan |
Arrondissement | Lorient |
Canton | Plouay |
Mayor | Jacques Le Nay (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 13 m–164 m (avg. 83 m) |
Land area¹ | 67.33 km² |
Population² (1999) |
4,759 |
- Density (1999) | 70/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 56166/ 56240 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Plouay is a village and commune in the Morbihan département in Brittany, France, with approximately 5000 inhabitants.
Plouay is most noted for the GP Plouay, annual cycling race. It has also been the location of the World Championships Cycling in 2000. The Tour de France has visited this town three times: in 1998, 2002 and in 2006.