Plouay
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
Plouay (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.[2]
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Plouay or Ploue are called Plouaysiens in French and Plouead (Ploueiz), Ploueadez (-ed) in Breton.[3]
<templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
Geography
Plouay is located in the west of Morbihan, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Hennebont and Script error: No such module "convert". north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Vannetais. The river Scorff forms the commune's western border. The area is hilly and forest-covered. Apart from the village centre, there are many hamlets in the commune.
Map
Script error: No such module "wide image".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
List of places
|
|
|
|
|
History
The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1576. The marquis of Pontcallec had in the seventeenth century in the village of Plouay court, prison, pillory and gallows with four pillars.
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 10 February 2006.
In 2008, 11.56% of the children in Plouay attended Breton-French bilingual classes in primary education.[4]
Gallery
-
The Marquis's house, maybe the oldest house in the village centre.
-
Manehouarn castle.
-
The church of Saint-Ouen.
-
The chapel of Notre-Dame des Grâces.
-
The chapel of Notre-Dame des Fleurs.
Twin towns
Plouay is twinned with Pershore in England.
See also
References
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Portail géographique de la Bretagne Template:Webarchive – in French and Breton (accessed 29 July 2010).
- ↑ Template:In lang Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue