Plœuc-l'Hermitage (French pronunciation: [plœk lɛʁmitaʒ]; Breton: Ploheg-Peniti) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Plœuc-sur-Lié and L'Hermitage-Lorge.[3]
Plœuc-l'Hermitage | |
|---|---|
 The château of Lorges | |
Location of Plœuc-l'Hermitage  | |
  Plœuc-l'Hermitage  Plœuc-l'Hermitage | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′49″N 2°45′22″W / 48.347°N 2.756°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Plaintel |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Brieuc Armor |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thibaut Guignard[1] |
| Area 1 | 82.27 km2 (31.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,112 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22203 /22150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
Climate edit
Plœuc-l'Hermitage has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plœuc-l'Hermitage is 10.8 °C (51.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 929.8 mm (36.61 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.0 °C (41.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plœuc-l'Hermitage was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Plœuc-sur-Lié, Plœuc-l'Hermitage[4] (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
38.5 (101.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 102.2 (4.02) |
87.6 (3.45) |
64.7 (2.55) |
73.2 (2.88) |
64.4 (2.54) |
55.8 (2.20) |
50.8 (2.00) |
50.1 (1.97) |
73.4 (2.89) |
97.0 (3.82) |
104.9 (4.13) |
105.7 (4.16) |
929.8 (36.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.2 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 137.5 |
| Source: Meteociel[5] | |||||||||||||
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,623 | — |
| 1975 | 3,550 | −0.29% |
| 1982 | 3,640 | +0.36% |
| 1990 | 3,562 | −0.27% |
| 1999 | 3,589 | +0.08% |
| 2007 | 3,940 | +1.17% |
| 2012 | 4,046 | +0.53% |
| 2017 | 4,062 | +0.08% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also edit
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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
- ^ weather station data
- ^ "Normales et records pour Ploeuc-sur-Lie (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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