# Loudéac

Loudéac (French pronunciation:; Breton: Loudieg; Gallo: Loudia) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, northwestern France.

## Geography
### Climate

Loudéac has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loudéac is 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 901.3 mm (35.48 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudéac was 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 2 January 1997.
Climate data for Loudéac (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.9 (100.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.5 (50.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) | −10.4 (13.3) | −7.4 (18.7) | −3.0 (26.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.1 (35.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.2 (22.6) | −8.0 (17.6) | −11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 103.8 (4.09) | 82.9 (3.26) | 66.8 (2.63) | 66.4 (2.61) | 62.1 (2.44) | 57.9 (2.28) | 46.6 (1.83) | 54.7 (2.15) | 61.2 (2.41) | 102.1 (4.02) | 104.3 (4.11) | 113.8 (4.48) | 922.6 (36.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.6 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 135.1 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## Population

The inhabitants of Loudéac are known in French as Loudéaciens and Loudéaciennes.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 6,594 | — |
| 1800 | 6,096 | −1.12% |
| 1806 | 5,869 | −0.63% |
| 1821 | 6,481 | +0.66% |
| 1831 | 6,736 | +0.39% |
| 1836 | 6,865 | +0.38% |
| 1841 | 6,521 | −1.02% |
| 1846 | 6,616 | +0.29% |
| 1851 | 6,229 | −1.20% |
| 1856 | 6,089 | −0.45% |
| 1861 | 6,081 | −0.03% |
| 1866 | 6,072 | −0.03% |
| 1872 | 5,993 | −0.22% |
| 1876 | 5,901 | −0.39% |
| 1881 | 5,893 | −0.03% |
| 1886 | 5,899 | +0.02% |
| 1891 | 5,913 | +0.05% |
| 1896 | 5,759 | −0.53% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 5,782 | +0.08% |
| 1906 | 5,746 | −0.12% |
| 1911 | 5,745 | −0.00% |
| 1921 | 5,560 | −0.33% |
| 1926 | 5,433 | −0.46% |
| 1931 | 5,426 | −0.03% |
| 1936 | 5,592 | +0.60% |
| 1946 | 5,876 | +0.50% |
| 1954 | 5,788 | −0.19% |
| 1962 | 5,925 | +0.29% |
| 1968 | 7,212 | +3.33% |
| 1975 | 9,150 | +3.46% |
| 1982 | 9,729 | +0.88% |
| 1990 | 9,820 | +0.12% |
| 1999 | 9,371 | −0.52% |
| 2007 | 9,619 | +0.33% |
| 2012 | 9,661 | +0.09% |
| 2017 | 9,571 | −0.19% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Notable people

* Éon de l'Étoile
* Pape Sy, basketball player
* Penda Sy, basketball player

## Sport
### Football

Loudéac has 2 football teams, FC Saint-Bugan, named after an area in the town, and Loudéac OSC, formed from the amalgamation of Stade Loudéacien (1909) and Avenir Sportif Loudéacien (1966) on 1 June 2001. Loudéac OSC is traditionally a big club on the amateur scene in the region (being one of the larger towns). Recently, the club has restructured with a strong policy on developing youth, which has paid dividends as the club are again rising through the divisions. There is also a female team within the club. There is a handball team in the town, l'Amicale Laîque Loudéac Handball who compete across male and female senior and junior competition. A rugby team based in the town is named the Loup'déaciens (a play on words on the word 'loup' which means 'wolf' in French. There is a strong local pool scene, which has culminated in a youth based in the town becoming a world champion at youth level as part of a French team.

### Track Cycling

Discussions to build a covered Velodrome in Loudeac started in 2013, in 2018 the council held a vote and approved the construction with 62 votes for, 3 against and 3 abstentions. Construction began in January 2022 and was completed in July 2023 costing an estimated 13 million Euros, the velodrome subsequently opened in September 2023. Named 'Vélodrome de Bretagne' it has a 200 metre wooden track and a 1500 person capacity with 500 seats.