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Brennilis Brenniliz | |
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 The Saint-Michel reservoir in Brennilis | |
Location of Brennilis  | |
  Brennilis  Brennilis | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′30″N 3°50′59″W / 48.3583°N 3.8497°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| Canton | Carhaix-Plouguer |
| Intercommunality | Monts d'Arrée Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexis Manac'h[1] |
| Area 1 | 18.69 km2 (7.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 440 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29018 /29690 |
| Elevation | 149–278 m (489–912 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brennilis (French pronunciation: [bʁɛnilis]; Breton: Brenniliz) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Brennilis has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Brennilis is 10.6 °C (51.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,508.2 mm (59.38 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.7 °C (62.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brennilis was 36.9 °C (98.4 °F) on 8 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Brennilis (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1977−2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.7 (83.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 36.9 (98.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 8.8 (47.8) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.6 (51.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.6 (38.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | 7.8 (46.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) | −11.0 (12.2) | −6.4 (20.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.5 (36.5) | −3.0 (26.6) | −5.0 (23.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 191.4 (7.54) | 143.0 (5.63) | 124.7 (4.91) | 108.2 (4.26) | 99.9 (3.93) | 71.3 (2.81) | 79.2 (3.12) | 82.1 (3.23) | 104.7 (4.12) | 156.5 (6.16) | 160.5 (6.32) | 186.7 (7.35) | 1,508.2 (59.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.5 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 168.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 760 | — |
| 1975 | 654 | −2.12% |
| 1982 | 573 | −1.87% |
| 1990 | 439 | −3.28% |
| 1999 | 467 | +0.69% |
| 2009 | 450 | −0.37% |
| 2014 | 460 | +0.44% |
| 2020 | 439 | −0.78% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Inhabitants of Brennilis are called Brennilisiens in French.
See also
[edit]- Communes of the Finistère department
- Brennilis Nuclear Power Plant
- Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
- Roland Doré sculptor
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Brennilis (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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