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Roudouallec
Bretagnevillage
Roudouallec
Total population
709
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Roudouallec is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Roudouallec are called in French Roudouallecois.
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History
The area around Roudouallac is represented on the Saint-Bélec slab, dating to the early Bronze Age 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.
Geography
Roudouallec is located northeast of Quimper and northwest of Vannes. The village lies on the southern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black mountains). Roudouallec is border by Gourin to the east, by Guiscriff and Scaër to the south, by Leuhan and Saint-Goazec to the west and by Spézet to the north.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,110
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,080
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,026
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves996
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves802
- Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 · Animalia734
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves725
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves706
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.7 — 2020-02-193 km ESE of Brest, France
- M 3.9 — 2016-12-112 km WSW of Plabennec, France
- M 3.5 — 2013-12-116 km WSW of Le Faou, France
- M 4.5 — 2013-11-211 km WSW of Plescop, France
- M 2.5 — 2008-11-173 km SSW of Pléhédel, France
- M 2.5 — 2008-09-2152 km S of Guilvinec, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 56199
- Department
- 56
- Region
- 53
- Population (Wikidata)
- 722
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr