Bannalec

Bannalec (French pronunciation: [banalɛk]; Breton: Banaleg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.^[3] Bannalec station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of Castleisland.

Bannalec Banaleg
Commune
The parish church of Our Lady of Folgoët, in Bannalec
Coat of arms
Location of Bannalec
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Coordinates: 47°56′00″N 3°41′45″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Moëlan-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Le Roux[1]
Area 1	77.51 km2 (29.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,707
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29004 /29380
Elevation	22–172 m (72–564 ft)
Website	Official website
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Bannalec has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Bannalec is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,221.0 mm (48.07 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 18.1 °C (64.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bannalec was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.9 °C (12.4 °F) on 2 January 1997.

Climate data for Bannalec (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1984−2015)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	15.6 (60.1)	18.8 (65.8)	23.9 (75.0)	27.7 (81.9)	31.4 (88.5)	34.2 (93.6)	36.2 (97.2)	38.0 (100.4)	31.8 (89.2)	28.9 (84.0)	20.8 (69.4)	16.7 (62.1)	38.0 (100.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.0 (48.2)	9.9 (49.8)	12.5 (54.5)	14.8 (58.6)	18.5 (65.3)	21.3 (70.3)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)	20.6 (69.1)	16.4 (61.5)	12.2 (54.0)	9.6 (49.3)	15.9 (60.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	6.7 (44.1)	8.6 (47.5)	10.3 (50.5)	13.8 (56.8)	16.4 (61.5)	18.1 (64.6)	18.1 (64.6)	16.0 (60.8)	12.9 (55.2)	9.1 (48.4)	6.9 (44.4)	12.0 (53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.6 (38.5)	3.5 (38.3)	4.7 (40.5)	5.9 (42.6)	9.1 (48.4)	11.4 (52.5)	13.2 (55.8)	13.1 (55.6)	11.3 (52.3)	9.3 (48.7)	6.0 (42.8)	4.1 (39.4)	8.0 (46.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.9 (12.4)	−8.5 (16.7)	−7.1 (19.2)	−3.5 (25.7)	0.0 (32.0)	3.0 (37.4)	5.0 (41.0)	3.5 (38.3)	3.0 (37.4)	−1.5 (29.3)	−4.5 (23.9)	−7.2 (19.0)	−10.9 (12.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	151.2 (5.95)	116.5 (4.59)	94.8 (3.73)	89.7 (3.53)	83.6 (3.29)	59.2 (2.33)	64.4 (2.54)	65.6 (2.58)	83.3 (3.28)	126.0 (4.96)	139.5 (5.49)	147.2 (5.80)	1,221 (48.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	16.3	13.0	13.2	13.0	10.7	8.5	9.7	8.7	9.4	14.2	15.4	15.1	147.1
Source: Meteociel[4]

Population

Inhabitants of Bannalec are called Bannalécois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,800 —     1800 4,396 −1.25% 1806 3,165 −5.33% 1821 4,363 +2.16% 1831 4,183 −0.42% 1836 4,377 +0.91% 1841 4,264 −0.52% 1846 4,372 +0.50% 1851 4,174 −0.92% 1856 4,425 +1.17% 1861 4,313 −0.51% 1866 4,611 +1.35% 1872 4,390 −0.82% 1876 4,787 +2.19% 1881 5,042 +1.04% 1886 5,259 +0.85% 1891 5,890 +2.29% 1896 5,910 +0.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,040 +0.44% 1906 6,141 +0.33% 1911 6,138 −0.01% 1921 6,170 +0.05% 1926 6,323 +0.49% 1931 6,159 −0.52% 1936 6,067 −0.30% 1946 6,098 +0.05% 1954 5,511 −1.26% 1962 5,369 −0.33% 1968 5,235 −0.42% 1975 5,023 −0.59% 1982 4,975 −0.14% 1990 4,840 −0.34% 1999 4,785 −0.13% 2007 5,144 +0.91% 2012 5,552 +1.54% 2017 5,659 +0.38%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Breton language

In 2008, 7.91% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• François Bazin (sculptor) Sculptor monument to aviator