Roudouallec

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Roudouallec

|native name = Roudoualleg

|commune status = Commune

|image = 066 Roudouallec.jpg

|caption = The parish church

|image coat of arms =

|coordinates = {{coord|48.1275|-3.7156|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 56199

|postal code = 56110

|arrondissement = Pontivy

|canton = Gourin

|mayor = Paul Cozic{{cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/content/download/45068/325032/file/Maires%20du%20Morbihan%202020%20-%20250.pdf|title=Maires du Morbihan|date=7 July 2020|publisher=Préfecture du Morbihan}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Roi Morvan Communauté

|elevation min m = 118

|elevation max m = 248

|area km2 = 24.82

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Roudouallec ({{IPA|fr|ʁudwalɛk}}; {{Langx|br|Roudoualleg}}) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/56199-roudouallec INSEE commune file] Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French Roudouallecois.

Geography

Roudouallec is located {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Quimper and {{convert|88|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains).

file:Roudouallec vue générale.JPG

=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.

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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 populations

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| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|29571|Roudouaallec}} and INSEE (1968-2019)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-56199#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique de puis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |820

|1800 |1112

|1806 |891

|1821 |822

|1831 |940

|1836 |1053

|1841 |1005

|1846 |1056

|1851 |1079

|1856 |1066

|1861 |1081

|1866 |1045

|1872 |1063

|1876 |1100

|1881 |1172

|1886 |1248

|1891 |1248

|1896 |1352

|1901 |1364

|1906 |1435

|1911 |1684

|1921 |1656

|1926 |1525

|1931 |1479

|1936 |1424

|1946 |1390

|1954 |1215

|1962 |1100

|1968 |1144

|1975 |961

|1982 |856

|1990 |772

|1999 |700

|2009 |713

|2014 |737

|2020 |702

}}

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.{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Frank |title=Europe's oldest map shows tiny Bronze Age kingdom | url=https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/europes-oldest-map |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=Big Think|date=3 September 2021 |language=en}}

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

file: Roudouallec_bretagne_touristique.jpg

References

External links

{{Search Mérimée|56199}}
[http://www.maires56.asso.fr Mayors of Morbihan Association] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Morbihan