Brignogan-Plages

Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan
The beach at Brignogan-Plages
Brignogan-Plages
Location within Brittany region
Brignogan-Plages
Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 4°19′29″W / 48.6653°N 4.3247°W / 48.6653; -4.3247Coordinates: 48°39′55″N 4°19′29″W / 48.6653°N 4.3247°W / 48.6653; -4.3247
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Lesneven
Area1 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 844
 • Density 230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 29021 /29890
Elevation 0–25 m (0–82 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (Breton: Brignogan) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.[1]

Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.

Climate

Climate data for Brignogan-Plages (1981–2010 averages)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.5
(61.7)		 19.6
(67.3)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.5
(76.1)		 29.1
(84.4)		 32.0
(89.6)		 30.4
(86.7)		 32.6
(90.7)		 30.3
(86.5)		 29.3
(84.7)		 21.7
(71.1)		 19.0
(66.2)		 32.6
(90.7)
Average high °C (°F) 10.1
(50.2)		 10.1
(50.2)		 11.6
(52.9)		 12.7
(54.9)		 15.0
(59)		 17.4
(63.3)		 19.2
(66.6)		 19.6
(67.3)		 18.3
(64.9)		 16.0
(60.8)		 12.8
(55)		 10.8
(51.4)		 14.5
(58.1)
Average low °C (°F) 5.7
(42.3)		 5.6
(42.1)		 6.8
(44.2)		 7.6
(45.7)		 10.2
(50.4)		 12.4
(54.3)		 14.0
(57.2)		 14.1
(57.4)		 13.0
(55.4)		 10.9
(51.6)		 8.3
(46.9)		 6.4
(43.5)		 9.6
(49.3)
Record low °C (°F) −7.0
(19.4)		 −5.0
(23)		 −1.7
(28.9)		 1.2
(34.2)		 3.1
(37.6)		 5.6
(42.1)		 9.2
(48.6)		 8.8
(47.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 1.1
(34)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 −7.0
(19.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 107.8
(4.244)		 86.1
(3.39)		 69.8
(2.748)		 66.3
(2.61)		 61.4
(2.417)		 43.2
(1.701)		 48.5
(1.909)		 50.8
(2)		 56.7
(2.232)		 99.8
(3.929)		 104.2
(4.102)		 113.4
(4.465)		 908.0
(35.748)
Source: Météo France[2]

Population

Inhabitants of Brignogan-Plages are called Brignoganais in French.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 29 June 2016 (in French)
  2. ↑ "Données climatiques de la station de Brignogan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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