Loyat
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Morbihan | |
| Arrondissement | Pontivy | |
| Canton | Ploërmel | |
| Community association | Ploërmel Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 32-130 m | |
| surface | 41.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,624 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 56800 | |
| INSEE code | 56122 | |
| Website | http://www.loyat.fr/ | |
 City Hall (Mairie) of Loyat |
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Loyat ( Gallo LOYAT , Breton Louad even Loiad ) is a French municipality with 1,624 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany .
geography
Loyat is located about 47 kilometers northeast of Vannes and 51 kilometers southwest of Rennes in the northeast of the Morbihan department and belongs to the Ploërmel Communauté community .
Neighboring municipalities are Guilliers in the north, Néant-sur-Yvel in the north-east, Tréhorenteuc in the east, Campénéac in the south-east, Ploërmel in the south, Taupont in the south-west and La Grée-Saint-Laurent in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1851 | 1911 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
| Residents | 2.173 | 2.122 | 1,702 | 1,563 | 1,465 | 1,420 | 1,465 | 1,442 | 1,439 | 1,636 | |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Loyat
- Church Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
- Castle ( Château de Loyat )
- Chapel of Saint Clair in Trégadoret
- Saint-Colomban chapel in Crétudel
language
In the early Middle Ages the area was settled by Bretons and their colloquial language was everyday language. During the second wave of retreat of the Breton language in the late Middle Ages (between 1200 and 1500), the language changed to Gallo . This dialect of French has now almost died out and the population now speaks French.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 656-658.
