The Île de Batz (French pronunciation: [il ba]; Breton: Enez-Vaz) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. Administratively, it is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Île-de-Batz
Enez-Vaz
Porz Kernog on Île de Batz
Porz Kernog on Île de Batz
Flag of Île-de-Batz
Coat of arms of Île-de-Batz
Location of Île-de-Batz
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Île-de-Batz is located in France
Île-de-Batz
Île-de-Batz
Île-de-Batz is located in Brittany
Île-de-Batz
Île-de-Batz
Coordinates: 48°44′43″N 4°00′35″W / 48.7453°N 4.0097°W / 48.7453; -4.0097
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementMorlaix
CantonSaint-Pol-de-Léon
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Eric Grall[1]
Area
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3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
449
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
29082 /29253
Elevation0–33 m (0–108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Climate

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Île de Batz has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Île de Batz is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.4 mm (35.21 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in February, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Île de Batz was 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) on 18 August 1932; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 14 February 1929 and 18 December 1927.

Town Sunshine
 
(hours/yr)
Rain
 
(mm/yr)
Snow
 
(days/yr)
Storm
 
(days/yr)
Fog
 
(days/yr)
National average 1,973 770 14 22 40
Île de Batz 1,735.2 872.3 4.0 5.2 26.6[4]
Paris 1,661 637 12 18 10
Nice 2,724 767 1 29 1
Strasbourg 1,693 665 29 29 56
Brest 1,605 1,211 7 12 75
Climate data for Île de Batz (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1917−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.7
(63.9)
19.8
(67.6)
24.3
(75.7)
26.8
(80.2)
29.5
(85.1)
31.9
(89.4)
34.0
(93.2)
35.0
(95.0)
31.6
(88.9)
30.2
(86.4)
19.6
(67.3)
18.8
(65.8)
35.0
(95.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.9
(49.8)
9.9
(49.8)
11.4
(52.5)
12.6
(54.7)
14.9
(58.8)
17.4
(63.3)
19.3
(66.7)
19.7
(67.5)
18.4
(65.1)
15.9
(60.6)
12.8
(55.0)
10.7
(51.3)
14.4
(57.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.9
(46.2)
7.7
(45.9)
9.0
(48.2)
10.0
(50.0)
12.4
(54.3)
14.7
(58.5)
16.6
(61.9)
17.0
(62.6)
15.8
(60.4)
13.5
(56.3)
10.6
(51.1)
8.6
(47.5)
12.0
(53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)
5.5
(41.9)
6.7
(44.1)
7.5
(45.5)
9.8
(49.6)
12.1
(53.8)
13.9
(57.0)
14.2
(57.6)
13.1
(55.6)
11.1
(52.0)
8.4
(47.1)
6.4
(43.5)
9.6
(49.3)
Record low °C (°F) −9.2
(15.4)
−10.0
(14.0)
−4.2
(24.4)
−1.0
(30.2)
0.8
(33.4)
4.0
(39.2)
6.0
(42.8)
6.4
(43.5)
4.4
(39.9)
1.0
(33.8)
−4.4
(24.1)
−10.0
(14.0)
−10.0
(14.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 101.7
(4.00)
81.9
(3.22)
71.2
(2.80)
65.7
(2.59)
61.3
(2.41)
48.5
(1.91)
45.5
(1.79)
48.2
(1.90)
54.5
(2.15)
97.0
(3.82)
102.5
(4.04)
116.4
(4.58)
894.4
(35.21)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16.1 12.6 12.8 11.9 10.3 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.9 13.9 15.8 17.0 144.3
Average relative humidity (%) 83 82 82 82 84 84 85 85 85 84 82 83 83.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59.1 85.0 127.3 172.5 215.8 210.7 234.3 211.5 167.6 121.2 75.1 55.1 1,735.2
Source: Meteociel,[5] Infoclimat.fr (humidity and sunshine 1961-1990)[6]

Population

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Inhabitants of Île-de-Batz are called in French Batziens or Îliens.

At the census of 1999 the island had a population of 575, and in 2005 it had an estimated population of 594.

Sights

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The lighthouse of l'île de Batz

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Brest
  4. ^ "Normales climatiques 1981-2010 : Île de Batz". www.lameteo.org. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Normales et records pour Batz (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Ile de Batz (29) - altitude 27m" (in French). Infoclimat. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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