Lohéac

Lohéac Lohieg
Commune
The town hall of Lohéac
Coat of arms
Lohéac Location within Brittany region Lohéac
Coordinates: 47°51′59″N 1°52′55″W / 47.8664°N 1.8819°W / 47.8664; -1.8819Coordinates: 47°51′59″N 1°52′55″W / 47.8664°N 1.8819°W / 47.8664; -1.8819
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
Canton	Redon
Intercommunality	Canton of Pipriac
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Patrick Bertin
Area1	5.11 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	675
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35155 /35550
Elevation	34–100 m (112–328 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lohéac (Breton: Lohieg, Gallo: Lozeiac) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. The town is well known for cars and motorsport, hosting a rallycross track part of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, a tarmac racing circuit, a karting circuit, a quad bike circuit and the Manor of the Automobile, which hosts the Museum of the Automobile.

Image Gallery

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  Church of Saint-André
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  Rue de la Poste
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  Rue de Châteaubriant, Village of Lohéac
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  Circuit de Lohéac (Rallycross venue)
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  Manor of the automobile (car/racecar museum)
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  The automobiles of 1920, in the manor

Population

Inhabitants of Lohéac are called Lohéaciens in French.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lohéac.

• French Ministry of Culture list for Lohéac (in French)