Roudouallec

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.

Roudouallec Roudoualleg
Commune
The parish church
Location of Roudouallec
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Coordinates: 48°07′39″N 3°42′56″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  (2022)[2]	715
• Density	29/km2 (75/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.

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

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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[4] and INSEE (1968-2019)[5]

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.

Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century.

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Entry on sculptor of local war memorial Jean Joncourt