Plonévez-du-Faou
Commune in Brittany, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plonévez-du-Faou (Breton: Plonevez-ar-Faou) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Plonévez-du-Faou
Plonevez-ar-Faou | |
|---|---|
 The parish church in Plonévez-du-Faou | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plonévez-du-Faou  | |
  Plonévez-du-Faou  Plonévez-du-Faou | |
| Coordinates: 48°15′15″N 3°49′26″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| Canton | Carhaix-Plouguer |
| Intercommunality | Haute Cornouaille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marguerite Bleuzen[1] |
| Area 1 | 80.73 km2 (31.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,152 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29175 /29530 |
| Elevation | 50–275 m (164–902 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Climate
Plonévez-du-Faou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plonévez-du-Faou is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,143.7 mm (45.03 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 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plonévez-du-Faou was 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Plonévez-du-Faou (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1988−2017) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.7 (101.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 132.1 (5.20) |
101.9 (4.01) |
94.1 (3.70) |
82.6 (3.25) |
80.8 (3.18) |
56.3 (2.22) |
64.2 (2.53) |
68.7 (2.70) |
81.2 (3.20) |
121.0 (4.76) |
125.0 (4.92) |
135.8 (5.35) |
1,143.7 (45.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.2 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 157.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Inhabitants of Plonévez-du-Faou are called in French Plonévéziens.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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