Roudouallec (; ) is a commune in the

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

department of

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in north-western

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. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in

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''Roudouallecois''.

Geography

Roudouallec is located northeast of

Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the ...

and northwest of

Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...

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

Neighboring communes

Roudouallec is border by

Gourin Gourin (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan ''département'' of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Gourin is in the northwest of Morbihan, northeast of Quimper and northwest of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Cornouaille. Gourin ...

to the east, by

Guiscriff Guiscriff (; ) 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 has since declined to 5,245 in 2020 ...

to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec 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 th ...

to the north.

Map

Population

Roudouallec's population peaked at 1,656 in 1911 and declined to 702 in 2020. This represents a 58% decrease in total population since the peak census figure.

History

The area around Roudouallac is represented on the

Saint-Bélec slab The Saint-Bélec slab () is a stone artefact from western Brittany thought to be a map of an early Bronze Age principality. It was discovered by Paul du Châtellier in a prehistoric burial ground near Leuhan, Finistère, where it formed part of a ...

, dating to the early

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

and identified as the earliest known map that can be tied to a specific location. 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