Plouay (French pronunciation: [pluɛ]; Breton: Ploue) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

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Coordinates: 47°54′56″N 3°20′02″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Guidel
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gwenn Le Nay[1]
Area 1	67.33 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,784
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56166 /56240
Elevation	13–164 m (43–538 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Plouay hosts the GP Ouest-France and the GP de Plouay, annual cycling races (a men's and women's race, respectively). 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.

Inhabitants of Plouay or Ploue are called Plouaysiens in French and Plouead (Ploueiz), Ploueadez (-ed) in Breton.^[4]

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Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,656 —     1800 3,516 −0.56% 1806 3,602 +0.40% 1821 3,632 +0.06% 1831 3,816 +0.50% 1836 4,210 +1.98% 1841 4,047 −0.79% 1846 4,308 +1.26% 1851 4,362 +0.25% 1856 4,560 +0.89% 1861 4,360 −0.89% 1866 4,281 −0.37% 1872 4,093 −0.75% 1876 4,261 +1.01% 1881 4,526 +1.21% 1886 4,539 +0.06% 1891 4,430 −0.48% 1896 4,572 +0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,697 +0.54% 1906 4,777 +0.34% 1911 4,820 +0.18% 1921 4,821 +0.00% 1926 4,772 −0.20% 1931 4,590 −0.77% 1936 4,380 −0.93% 1946 5,120 +1.57% 1954 4,112 −2.70% 1962 3,964 −0.46% 1968 3,876 −0.37% 1975 4,053 +0.64% 1982 4,368 +1.07% 1990 4,834 +1.28% 1999 4,759 −0.17% 2009 5,274 +1.03% 2014 5,455 +0.68% 2020 5,789 +1.00%
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968–2020)[6]

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Plouay is located in the west of Morbihan, 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of Hennebont and 18.5 km (11.5 mi) north of Lorient. Historically, it belongs to Vannetais. The river Scorff forms the commune's western border. The area is hilly and forest-covered. Apart from the village centre, there are many hamlets in the commune.

The oldest surviving parish registers date back to 1576. The marquis of Pontcallec had in the seventeenth century in the village of Plouay court, prison, pillory and gallows with four pillars.

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 10 February 2006.

In 2008, 11.56% of the children in Plouay attended Breton-French bilingual classes in primary education.^[7]

• The Marquis's house, maybe the oldest house in the village centre.
• Manehouarn castle.
• The church of Saint-Ouen.
• The chapel of Notre-Dame des Grâces.
• The chapel of Notre-Dame des Fleurs.

Plouay is twinned with Pershore in England.

• Communes of the Morbihan department