Louargat

Louargat (French pronunciation: [lwaʁɡat]; Breton: Louergad) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Louargat Louergad
Commune
The town hall in Louargat
Location of Louargat
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Coordinates: 48°33′59″N 3°20′14″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Callac
Intercommunality	Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé L'Heveder[1]
Area 1	57.23 km2 (22.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,393
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22135 /22540
Elevation	100–301 m (328–988 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Louargat has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Louargat is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,013.3 mm (39.89 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Louargat was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) on 2 January 1997.

Climate data for Louargat (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−2016)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.5 (61.7)	19.4 (66.9)	23.1 (73.6)	27.8 (82.0)	29.5 (85.1)	33.2 (91.8)	36.1 (97.0)	38.4 (101.1)	30.9 (87.6)	29.1 (84.4)	20.9 (69.6)	17.8 (64.0)	38.4 (101.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.0 (48.2)	9.7 (49.5)	11.9 (53.4)	13.6 (56.5)	17.2 (63.0)	19.9 (67.8)	21.6 (70.9)	22.1 (71.8)	19.6 (67.3)	15.6 (60.1)	11.8 (53.2)	9.1 (48.4)	15.1 (59.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.1 (43.0)	6.3 (43.3)	7.9 (46.2)	9.1 (48.4)	12.4 (54.3)	14.9 (58.8)	16.8 (62.2)	17.0 (62.6)	14.7 (58.5)	12.0 (53.6)	8.5 (47.3)	6.1 (43.0)	11.0 (51.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.2 (37.8)	3.0 (37.4)	4.0 (39.2)	4.6 (40.3)	7.6 (45.7)	9.9 (49.8)	12.0 (53.6)	11.9 (53.4)	9.8 (49.6)	8.1 (46.6)	5.1 (41.2)	3.1 (37.6)	6.9 (44.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.1 (12.0)	−9.3 (15.3)	−8.1 (17.4)	−5.0 (23.0)	−2.9 (26.8)	−0.3 (31.5)	2.9 (37.2)	2.3 (36.1)	0.2 (32.4)	−4.7 (23.5)	−6.9 (19.6)	−8.8 (16.2)	−11.1 (12.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	117.4 (4.62)	104.8 (4.13)	79.6 (3.13)	86.4 (3.40)	66.7 (2.63)	50.5 (1.99)	52.3 (2.06)	50.5 (1.99)	65.3 (2.57)	103.8 (4.09)	113.9 (4.48)	122.1 (4.81)	1,013.3 (39.89)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	16.4	14.0	12.6	13.1	10.6	8.2	9.6	9.0	10.2	15.0	16.4	15.5	150.4
Source: Météo France[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Louargat are called Louargatais in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,031 —     1800 3,529 −1.88% 1806 4,419 +3.82% 1821 5,005 +0.83% 1831 5,004 −0.00% 1836 3,833 −5.19% 1841 4,042 +1.07% 1846 4,249 +1.00% 1851 4,428 +0.83% 1856 4,277 −0.69% 1861 4,328 +0.24% 1866 4,357 +0.13% 1872 4,580 +0.84% 1876 4,612 +0.17% 1881 4,311 −1.34% 1886 4,416 +0.48% 1891 4,375 −0.19% 1896 4,346 −0.13%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,071 −1.30% 1906 3,970 −0.50% 1911 3,779 −0.98% 1921 3,466 −0.86% 1926 3,517 +0.29% 1931 3,104 −2.47% 1936 3,067 −0.24% 1946 2,762 −1.04% 1954 2,570 −0.90% 1962 2,428 −0.71% 1968 2,340 −0.61% 1975 2,179 −1.01% 1982 2,224 +0.29% 1990 2,128 −0.55% 1999 2,126 −0.01% 2007 2,219 +0.54% 2012 2,319 +0.89% 2017 2,343 +0.21%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 14 June 2007. In 2008, 16.06% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department