Lohéac (; br, Lohieg; Gallo: ''Lozeiac'') is a commune in the
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
in northwestern
France
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. The town is well known for cars and motorsport, hosting a rallycross track part of the
FIA World Rallycross Championship
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, a tarmac racing circuit, a
karting
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circuit, a
quad bike
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circuit and the Manor of the Automobile, which hosts the Museum of the Automobile.
Image Gallery
File:Lohéac-eglise1.jpg, Church of Saint-André
File:Lohéac-rue1.jpg, Rue de la Poste
File:Lohéac-route1.jpg, Rue de Châteaubriant, Village of Lohéac
File:CircuitDeLoheac2001.jpg,
Circuit de Lohéac
The Circuit de Lohéac is a racing circuit in Lohéac, Ille-et-Vilaine.
The circuit is the oldest Rallycross circuit in France. Since 1976, it has a round of the French Rallycross Championship annually. The circuit also hosts the French round ...
( Rallycross venue)
File:Loheac-auto1.jpg, Manor of the automobile (car/racecar museum)
File:Loheac-auto2.jpg, The automobiles of 1920, in the manor
Population
Inhabitants of Lohéac are called ''Lohéaciens'' in French.