Loudéac (; ;

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: ''Loudia'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor

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, northwestern France.

Geography

Climate

Loudéac has a

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Loudéac is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudéac was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 1997.

Population

The inhabitants of Loudéac are known in French as ''Loudéaciens''.

Notable people

Éon de l'Étoile Éon de l'Étoile (died 1150), from the Latin Eudo de Stella, was a Breton religious leader and "messiah." He opposed the Roman Catholic Church to the point of pillaging abbeys and monasteries and accumulating a large treasure during a period of eig ...

Pape Sy Pape Ousseynou Sy (born April 5, 1988) is a French professional basketball player who last played for BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A. A versatile Guard (basketball), guard/Small forward, forward, Sy was drafted by the Hawks as the 53rd overall pi ...

, basketball player *

Penda Sy Penda Sy (born April 29 1984 in Loudeac, France) is a French basketball player who played 6 times for the French women's national basketball team in 2004. Penda's brother Pape Sy is also a basketball player. Sy's family is originally from Seneg ...

, basketball player

Sport

Loudéac has 2 football teams, FC Saint-Bugan, named after an area in the town, and Loudéac OSC, formed from the amalgamation of Stade Loudéacien and Avenir Loudéac in the early 2000s. Loudéac OSC is traditionally a big club on the amateur scene in the region (being one of the larger towns). Recently, the club has restructured with a strong policy on developing youth, which has paid dividends as the club are again rising through the divisions. There is also a female team within the club. There is a handball team in the town, l'Amicale Laîque Loudéac Handball who compete across male and female senior and junior competition. A rugby team based in the town is named the Loup'déaciens (a play on words on the word 'loup' which means 'wolf' in French. There is a strong local pool scene, which has culminated in a youth based in the town becoming a world champion at youth level as part of a French team.

References

External links

Official website
* Communes of Côtes-d'Armor Côtes-d'Armor communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{CôtesArmor-geo-stub