Loyat Louad
Commune
The town hall in Loyat
Coat of arms
Location of Loyat
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Coordinates: 47°59′27″N 2°22′56″W / 47.9908°N 2.3822°W / 47.9908; -2.3822
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Pontivy
Canton	Ploërmel
Intercommunality	Ploërmel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Tréhorel[1]
Area 1	41.52 km2 (16.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,701
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56122 /56800
Elevation	32–130 m (105–427 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loyat (French pronunciation: [lɔja]; Breton: Louad) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[3]

Geography[edit]

The village is located in the northeast of Morbihan, 6.5 km (4.0 mi) north of Ploërmel. Historically it belongs to Upper Brittany. Before French Revolution, the parish belonged to Diocese of Saint-Malo.

Map[edit]

Carte topographique de la commune de Loyat.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Olivier Delourme

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)