Roudouallec
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Roudouallec
Roudoualleg | |
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 The parish church | |
 Location of Roudouallec | |
  Roudouallec  Roudouallec | |
| Coordinates: 48°07′39″N 3°42′56″W / 48.1275°N 3.7156°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy |
| Canton | Gourin |
| Intercommunality | Roi Morvan Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Paul Cozic[1] |
Area 1 | 24.82 km2 (9.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 722 |
| • Density | 29.1/km2 (75.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56199 /56110 |
| Elevation | 118–248 m (387–814 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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.[3] Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French Roudouallecois.
Neighboring communes
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).
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.
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Population
Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 722 in 2023. This represents a 56% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.
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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.[6]
Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants.
