Plouguenast (French pronunciation: [pluɡna]; Breton: Plougonwaz; Gallo: Ploegenas) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plouguenast-Langast.[2]
Plouguenast
Plougonwaz | |
|---|---|
Part of Plouguenast-Langast | |
_%C3%89glise_du_Vieux-Bourg_03.JPG) The church of the old village, in Plouguenast | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plouguenast  | |
  Plouguenast  Plouguenast | |
| Coordinates: 48°16′56″N 2°42′11″W / 48.2822°N 2.7031°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Guerlédan |
| Commune | Plouguenast-Langast |
| Area 1 | 35.12 km2 (13.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,871 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22150 |
| Elevation | 112–253 m (367–830 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Climate
editPlouguenast has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plouguenast is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 966.8 mm (38.06 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.5 °C (63.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plouguenast was 36.9 °C (98.4 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.4 °C (9.7 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Plouguenast (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117.1 (4.61) |
93.3 (3.67) |
72.7 (2.86) |
75.5 (2.97) |
65.1 (2.56) |
54.2 (2.13) |
55.2 (2.17) |
50.6 (1.99) |
70.1 (2.76) |
101.0 (3.98) |
101.3 (3.99) |
110.7 (4.36) |
966.8 (38.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.5 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 142.8 |
| Source: Météo France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,943 | — |
| 1975 | 1,865 | −4.0% |
| 1982 | 1,821 | −2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,781 | −2.2% |
| 1999 | 1,720 | −3.4% |
| 2008 | 1,809 | +5.2% |
Inhabitants of Plouguenast are called plouguenastais in French.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 19 October 2018 (in French)
- ^ "Climate of Plouguenast-Langast 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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)
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