Loudéac
Loudéac | |
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 Rue de Pontivy leading to St Nicholas' Church | |
 Flag .svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Loudéac | |
  Loudéac  Loudéac | |
| Coordinates: 48°10′40″N 2°45′14″W / 48.1778°N 2.7539°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Loudéac |
| Intercommunality | Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Le Bescaut[1] |
Area 1 | 80.24 km2 (30.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 9,875 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22136 /22600 |
| Elevation | 73–245 m (240–804 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Loudéac (French pronunciation: [ludeak]; Breton: Loudieg; Gallo: Loudia) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, northwestern France.
Geography
Climate
Loudéac has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loudéac is 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 901.3 mm (35.48 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudéac was 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Loudéac (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.9 (100.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.5 (50.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) | −10.4 (13.3) | −7.4 (18.7) | −3.0 (26.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.1 (35.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.2 (22.6) | −8.0 (17.6) | −11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 103.8 (4.09) | 82.9 (3.26) | 66.8 (2.63) | 66.4 (2.61) | 62.1 (2.44) | 57.9 (2.28) | 46.6 (1.83) | 54.7 (2.15) | 61.2 (2.41) | 102.1 (4.02) | 104.3 (4.11) | 113.8 (4.48) | 922.6 (36.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.6 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 135.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
The inhabitants of Loudéac are known in French as Loudéaciens and Loudéaciennes.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable people
- Éon de l'Étoile
- Pape Sy, basketball player
- Penda Sy, basketball player
Sport
Football
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 (1909) and Avenir Sportif Loudéacien (1966) on 1 June 2001.[6] 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.
Track Cycling
Discussions to build a covered Velodrome in Loudeac started in 2013, in 2018 the council held a vote and approved the construction with 62 votes for, 3 against and 3 abstentions.[7] Construction began in January 2022 and was completed in July 2023 costing an estimated 13 million Euros, the velodrome subsequently opened in September 2023. Named 'Vélodrome de Bretagne' it has a 200 metre wooden track and a 1500 person capacity with 500 seats.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Loudeac (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Loudéac, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Le Stade et l'ASL ont uni leurs forces : Vive le LOSC". 4 June 2001.
- ^ "Loudeac Velodrome". Direct Velo. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Loudeac Velodrome". Velodrome.Cyclisme. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
