Plouay


Plouay is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.
Plouay hosts the GP Ouest-France and the GP de Plouay, annual cycling races. It was also the location of the UCI Road World Championships in 2000. The Tour de France has visited this town three times: in 1998, 2002 and in 2006.

Twin towns

Plouay is twinned with Pershore in England.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Plouay or Ploue are called Plouaysiens in French and Plouead, Ploueadez in Breton.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on February the 10th of 2006.
In 2008, 11.56% of the children in Plouay attended Breton-French bilingual classes in primary education.