Gallo
Gallo may refer to:
*Related to Gaul:
**Gallo-Roman culture
**Gallo language, a regional language of France
**Gallo-Romance, a branch of Romance languages
**Gallo-Italic or Gallo-Italian language, a branch spoken in Northern Italy of the Romance ...
: ''Loudia'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.
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 ...
, northwestern France.
Geography
Climate
Loudéac has a
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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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
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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 ei ...
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 Sene ...
, 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.