Ploudalmézeau
Ploudalmézeau Gwitalmeze | |
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Coordinates: 48°32′28″N 4°39′22″W / 48.5411°N 4.6561°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Finistère |
Arrondissement | Brest |
Canton | Plabennec |
Intercommunality | Pays d'Iroise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marguerite Lamour[1] |
Area 1 | 23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 6,358 |
• Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 29178 /29830 |
Elevation | 0–86 m (0–282 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ploudalmézeau (French pronunciation: [pludalmezo]; Breton: Gwitalmeze) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
The village and port of Portsall is part of the commune. The Amoco Cadiz oil tanker ran aground off Portsall in 1978, causing a large crude oil spill.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Ploudalmézeau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ploudalmézeau is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,006.4 mm (39.62 in) with November 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 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ploudalmézeau was 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) on 28 February 2018.
Climate data for Ploudalmézeau (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 38.7 (101.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 38.7 (101.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.9 (53.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.3 (50.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.0 (48.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | −0.7 (30.7) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.3 (31.5) | −2.4 (27.7) | −4.4 (24.1) | −7.0 (19.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 112.1 (4.41) | 82.1 (3.23) | 74.4 (2.93) | 86.7 (3.41) | 65.5 (2.58) | 48.4 (1.91) | 72.4 (2.85) | 59.6 (2.35) | 61.3 (2.41) | 105.7 (4.16) | 121.0 (4.76) | 117.2 (4.61) | 1,006.4 (39.62) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.8 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 153.6 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
International relations
[edit]Ploudalmézeau is twinned with Cullompton, Devon.
Population
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Breton language
[edit]In 2008, 11.69% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[6]
Amoco Cadiz oil spill
[edit]On 16 March 1978, Amoco Cadiz, a very large crude carrier (VLCC), owned by Amoco, split in three after running aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Portsall, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Ploudalmezeau (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ploudalmézeau, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue (in French)
- ^ Auke Visser (26 August 2010). "Amoco Cadiz". International Super Tankers. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)