Louargat
Louargat Louergad | |
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Coordinates: 48°33′59″N 3°20′14″W / 48.5664°N 3.3372°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 (2021)[2] | 2,338 |
• Density | 41/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. |
Louargat (French pronunciation: [lwaʁɡat]; Breton: Louergad) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Louargat has a 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) | |||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Inhabitants of Louargat are called Louargatais in French.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Breton language[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Climate of Louargat 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Louargat, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links[edit]
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)