Plomodiern

Plomodiern Ploudiern
Commune
Chapel of Saint Corentin, Plomodiern
Coat of arms
Location of Plomodiern
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Coordinates: 48°10′55″N 4°13′50″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Crozon
Intercommunality	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Blaize[1]
Area ^1	46.74 km^2 (18.05 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,254
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29172 /29550
Elevation	0–249 m (0–817 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plomodiern (French pronunciation: [plɔmɔdjɛʁn]; Breton: Ploudiern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

Climate

Plomodiern has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plomodiern is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,117.8 mm (44.01 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in February, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plomodiern was 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 13 January 1987.

Climate data for Plomodiern (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.0 (62.6)	18.6 (65.5)	23.0 (73.4)	26.4 (79.5)	29.7 (85.5)	33.3 (91.9)	34.8 (94.6)	36.6 (97.9)	31.0 (87.8)	27.2 (81.0)	19.5 (67.1)	17.4 (63.3)	36.6 (97.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.9 (49.8)	10.2 (50.4)	12.3 (54.1)	14.4 (57.9)	17.6 (63.7)	20.5 (68.9)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	20.3 (68.5)	16.7 (62.1)	12.9 (55.2)	10.5 (50.9)	15.9 (60.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.9 (44.4)	6.9 (44.4)	8.6 (47.5)	10.1 (50.2)	13.3 (55.9)	16.0 (60.8)	17.8 (64.0)	17.7 (63.9)	15.7 (60.3)	12.9 (55.2)	9.5 (49.1)	7.4 (45.3)	11.9 (53.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.9 (39.0)	3.5 (38.3)	4.9 (40.8)	5.9 (42.6)	9.0 (48.2)	11.4 (52.5)	13.2 (55.8)	13.0 (55.4)	11.1 (52.0)	9.2 (48.6)	6.1 (43.0)	4.4 (39.9)	8.0 (46.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.3 (13.5)	−8.0 (17.6)	−7.6 (18.3)	−3.0 (26.6)	−0.7 (30.7)	3.0 (37.4)	4.8 (40.6)	2.0 (35.6)	2.7 (36.9)	−2.3 (27.9)	−4.0 (24.8)	−6.6 (20.1)	−10.3 (13.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	135.5 (5.33)	102.5 (4.04)	85.9 (3.38)	80.0 (3.15)	81.6 (3.21)	52.8 (2.08)	57.8 (2.28)	61.3 (2.41)	77.9 (3.07)	117.9 (4.64)	127.1 (5.00)	137.5 (5.41)	1,117.8 (44.01)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	15.9	12.5	12.9	11.9	10.7	8.3	9.3	9.1	9.9	14.6	15.5	15.6	146.3
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Plomodiern are called in French Plomodiernois. The village is located next to the Menez Hom.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,099	—
1975	1,922	−1.25%
1982	1,963	+0.30%
1990	1,912	−0.33%
1999	2,076	+0.92%
2007	2,142	+0.39%
2012	2,194	+0.48%
2017	2,136	−0.53%
Source: INSEE[4]

Plaque commemorating the Resistance

Politics

Mayors

List of successive mayors

Term	Name
2001–2020	Claude Bellin
2020–incumbent	Joël Blaize[5]

Municipal election results

2020:[6]

• Plomodiern ensemble 58.66%
• Un nouveau souffle pour plomodiern 41.34%.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Plomodiern Parish close

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Normales et records pour Plomelin-Inra (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Plomodiern. Joël Blaize succède à Claude Bellin à la mairie, Ouest-France, 25 May 2020.
6. "Résultats élections municipales 2020 : Plomodiern | le Télégramme".

External links

• 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)