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Commune in Brittany, France
Roudouallec Roudoualleg
Commune
The parish churchThe parish church
Location of Roudouallec
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Coordinates: 48°07′39″N 3°42′56″W / 48.1275°N 3.7156°W / 48.1275; -3.7156
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementPontivy
CantonGourin
IntercommunalityRoi Morvan Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Paul Cozic
Area24.82 km (9.58 sq mi)
Population715
 • Density29/km (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code56199 /56110
Elevation118–248 m (387–814 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roudouallec (French pronunciation: [ʁudwalɛk]; Breton: Roudoualleg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French Roudouallecois.

Geography

Roudouallec is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Quimper and 88 km (55 mi) northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains).

General view.

Neighboring communes

Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by Guiscriff and Scaër to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec to the west and by Spézet to the north.

Map

Topographic map

Population

Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 702 in 2020. This represents a 58% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 820—    
1800 1,112+4.45%
1806 891−3.63%
1821 822−0.54%
1831 940+1.35%
1836 1,053+2.30%
1841 1,005−0.93%
1846 1,056+0.99%
1851 1,079+0.43%
1856 1,066−0.24%
1861 1,081+0.28%
1866 1,045−0.68%
1872 1,063+0.29%
1876 1,100+0.86%
1881 1,172+1.28%
1886 1,248+1.26%
1891 1,248+0.00%
1896 1,352+1.61%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,364+0.18%
1906 1,435+1.02%
1911 1,684+3.25%
1921 1,656−0.17%
1926 1,525−1.63%
1931 1,479−0.61%
1936 1,424−0.76%
1946 1,390−0.24%
1954 1,215−1.67%
1962 1,100−1.24%
1968 1,144+0.66%
1975 961−2.46%
1982 856−1.64%
1990 772−1.28%
1999 700−1.08%
2009 713+0.18%
2014 737+0.66%
2020 702−0.81%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2019)

History

The area around Roudouallac is represented on the Saint-Bélec slab, dating to the early Bronze Age and identified as the earliest known map that can be tied to a specific location.

Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants.

Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century.

See also

References

  1. "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Roudouaallec, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique de puis 1968, INSEE
  6. Jacobs, Frank (3 September 2021). "Europe's oldest map shows tiny Bronze Age kingdom". Big Think. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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Communes of the Morbihan department


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