Edern (French pronunciation: [edɛʁn]; Breton: Edern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Edern
Edern | |
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 The church in Edern | |
Location of Edern  | |
  Edern  Edern | |
| Coordinates: 48°06′14″N 3°58′33″W / 48.1039°N 3.9758°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| Canton | Briec |
| Intercommunality | Quimper Bretagne Occidentale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Paul Cozien[1] |
| Area 1 | 39.98 km2 (15.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,217 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29048 /29510 |
| Elevation | 82–256 m (269–840 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editEdern has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Edern is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,327.9 mm (52.28 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 18.0 °C (64.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Edern was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Edern (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1989−2016) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.0 (100.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 160.9 (6.33) |
132.8 (5.23) |
96.7 (3.81) |
101.2 (3.98) |
83.6 (3.29) |
65.7 (2.59) |
78.3 (3.08) |
72.4 (2.85) |
88.0 (3.46) |
135.0 (5.31) |
153.2 (6.03) |
160.1 (6.30) |
1,327.9 (52.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.6 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 158.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
editInhabitants of Edern are called in French Édernois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,567 | — |
| 1975 | 1,590 | +0.21% |
| 1982 | 1,690 | +0.88% |
| 1990 | 1,759 | +0.50% |
| 1999 | 1,804 | +0.28% |
| 2007 | 2,021 | +1.43% |
| 2012 | 2,170 | +1.43% |
| 2017 | 2,224 | +0.49% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
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 Edern (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
edit
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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