Roudouallec (; ) is a

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in the

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastl ...

department of

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in north-western

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/ref> Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French ''Roudouallecois''.

Geography

Roudouallec is located northeast of

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography Th ...

and northwest of

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who live ...

. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains). centre, General view.

Neighboring communes

Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by

Guiscriff Guiscriff (; br, Gwiskri) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.Scaër Scaër (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Scaër are called in French ''Scaërois''. Scaër's population peaked at 7,838 in 1946 and declined to 5,295 in 2019. This re ...

to the south, by

Leuhan Leuhan (; br, Leuc'han) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Leuhan are called in French ''Leuhannais''. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department The followi ...

and

Saint-Goazec Saint-Goazec (; br, Sant-Wazeg) in commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Goazec are called in French ''Saint-Goaziens''. The commune's population peaks in 1906. Geography ...

to the west and by

Spézet Spézet (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to Cornouaille. It is bounded on the west and north by the ...

to the north.

Map

Population

Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 705 in 2019. This represents a 57.4% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

History

Nicolas Le Grand, tailor born in Roudouallec in 1852 emigrated in 1881 to the United States. He was followed by other inhabitants. centre, Roudouallec at the beginning of the twentieth century.

References

External links

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Mayors of Morbihan Association
Communes of Morbihan {{Morbihan-geo-stub