Pleyber-Christ (French pronunciation: [plɛbɛʁ kʁist]; Breton: Pleiber-Krist) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Pleyber-Christ
Pleiber-Krist | |
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 Town square and parish close | |
Location of Pleyber-Christ  | |
  Pleyber-Christ  Pleyber-Christ | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′20″N 3°52′27″W / 48.5056°N 3.8742°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Morlaix |
| Intercommunality | Morlaix Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Julien Kerguillec[1] |
| Area 1 | 45.47 km2 (17.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,186 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29163 /29410 |
| 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
Pleyber-Christ has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pleyber-Christ is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,126.8 mm (44.36 in) with December 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 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pleyber-Christ was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Pleyber-Christ (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.1 (98.8) |
33.1 (91.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 130.6 (5.14) |
110.6 (4.35) |
88.7 (3.49) |
85.9 (3.38) |
79.4 (3.13) |
54.6 (2.15) |
64.9 (2.56) |
62.4 (2.46) |
73.4 (2.89) |
108.5 (4.27) |
130.9 (5.15) |
136.9 (5.39) |
1,126.8 (44.36) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.1 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 161.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population edit
Inhabitants of Pleyber-Christ are called in French Pleybériens.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton language edit
In 2008, 7.05% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[1]
Twinning edit
Pleyber-Christ was twinned with Lostwithiel in Cornwall, UK in 1979. The people in the Twinning Associations of both towns usually meet up every year, alternating between Lostwithiel and Pleyber-Christ.[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.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Pleyber-Christ Sa (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pleyber-Christ, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Lostwithiel's twin town Pleyber Christ, Brittany".
External links edit
- 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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