Plouisy

Plouisy (French pronunciation: [pluizi]; Breton: Plouizi) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France. Plouisy is 407 kilometres from Paris.

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Commune
The centre of Plouisy
Location of Plouisy
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Coordinates: 48°34′42″N 3°10′57″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Guingamp
Intercommunality	Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémy Guillou[1]
Area 1	23.63 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,006
• Density	84.89/km2 (219.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22223 /22200
Elevation	55–195 m (180–640 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

Plouisy has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plouisy is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 950.2 mm (37.41 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plouisy was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 17 January 1985.

Climate data for Plouisy (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1971−2013)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.2 (61.2)	20.8 (69.4)	24.6 (76.3)	26.8 (80.2)	31.0 (87.8)	33.7 (92.7)	35.4 (95.7)	38.6 (101.5)	31.3 (88.3)	29.5 (85.1)	22.1 (71.8)	17.0 (62.6)	38.6 (101.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.0 (48.2)	9.4 (48.9)	11.9 (53.4)	13.9 (57.0)	17.5 (63.5)	20.6 (69.1)	22.5 (72.5)	22.7 (72.9)	20.4 (68.7)	16.2 (61.2)	12.1 (53.8)	9.4 (48.9)	15.5 (59.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	5.8 (42.4)	7.8 (46.0)	9.1 (48.4)	12.4 (54.3)	15.1 (59.2)	17.1 (62.8)	17.1 (62.8)	15.0 (59.0)	12.0 (53.6)	8.5 (47.3)	6.2 (43.2)	11.0 (51.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.7 (36.9)	2.3 (36.1)	3.7 (38.7)	4.3 (39.7)	7.2 (45.0)	9.7 (49.5)	11.7 (53.1)	11.6 (52.9)	9.7 (49.5)	7.8 (46.0)	4.8 (40.6)	3.0 (37.4)	6.6 (43.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.5 (7.7)	−12.5 (9.5)	−7.8 (18.0)	−5.1 (22.8)	−3.0 (26.6)	0.4 (32.7)	3.0 (37.4)	2.4 (36.3)	−0.6 (30.9)	−5.6 (21.9)	−6.8 (19.8)	−9.5 (14.9)	−13.5 (7.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	109.1 (4.30)	89.9 (3.54)	78.0 (3.07)	76.1 (3.00)	72.9 (2.87)	49.6 (1.95)	45.1 (1.78)	48.0 (1.89)	63.9 (2.52)	98.7 (3.89)	104.7 (4.12)	114.2 (4.50)	950.2 (37.41)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	16.0	13.8	13.2	12.6	11.1	7.7	8.9	8.7	9.7	14.7	15.3	15.9	147.5
Source: Meteociel[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,496	—
1975	1,417	−0.77%
1982	1,595	+1.70%
1990	1,730	+1.02%
1999	1,756	+0.17%
2009	1,917	+0.88%
2014	1,971	+0.56%
2020	2,002	+0.26%
Source: INSEE[3]

Inhabitants of Plouisy are called plouisyens in French.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department