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Plonévez-du-Faou

Plonevez-ar-Faou
Plonévez-du-Faou Plonevez-ar-Faou
Commune
	The parish church in Plonévez-du-Faou
	Coat of arms
	Location of Plonévez-du-Faou
	Plonévez-du-Faou Plonévez-du-Faou
	Coordinates: 48°15′15″N 3°49′26″W / 48.2542°N 3.8239°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Carhaix-Plouguer
Intercommunality	Haute Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marguerite Bleuzen
Area 1	80.73 km2 (31.17 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,152
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29175 /29530
Elevation	50–275 m (164–902 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plonévez-du-Faou (Breton: Plonevez-ar-Faou) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

Climate

Plonévez-du-Faou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plonévez-du-Faou is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,143.7 mm (45.03 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plonévez-du-Faou was 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 2 January 1997.

Climate data for Plonévez-du-Faou (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1988−2017)
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)	25.0 (77.0)	30.0 (86.0)	31.2 (88.2)	34.5 (94.1)	37.3 (99.1)	38.7 (101.7)	32.5 (90.5)	29.0 (84.2)	21.7 (71.1)	17.5 (63.5)	38.7 (101.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	10.0 (50.0)	12.4 (54.3)	14.2 (57.6)	18.3 (64.9)	21.0 (69.8)	22.4 (72.3)	23.0 (73.4)	20.4 (68.7)	16.3 (61.3)	12.1 (53.8)	9.2 (48.6)	15.7 (60.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.4 (43.5)	6.8 (44.2)	8.6 (47.5)	9.9 (49.8)	13.5 (56.3)	15.9 (60.6)	17.5 (63.5)	17.8 (64.0)	15.6 (60.1)	12.7 (54.9)	9.0 (48.2)	6.5 (43.7)	11.7 (53.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.8 (38.8)	3.7 (38.7)	4.8 (40.6)	5.5 (41.9)	8.7 (47.7)	10.8 (51.4)	12.6 (54.7)	12.6 (54.7)	10.7 (51.3)	9.0 (48.2)	5.9 (42.6)	3.9 (39.0)	7.7 (45.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.0 (14.0)	−8.5 (16.7)	−5.5 (22.1)	−2.5 (27.5)	−0.5 (31.1)	3.2 (37.8)	5.7 (42.3)	4.5 (40.1)	3.0 (37.4)	−2.2 (28.0)	−5.3 (22.5)	−8.0 (17.6)	−10.0 (14.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	132.1 (5.20)	101.9 (4.01)	94.1 (3.70)	82.6 (3.25)	80.8 (3.18)	56.3 (2.22)	64.2 (2.53)	68.7 (2.70)	81.2 (3.20)	121.0 (4.76)	125.0 (4.92)	135.8 (5.35)	1,143.7 (45.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	17.2	13.5	14.1	13.0	11.9	8.9	9.9	9.2	10.7	15.5	16.6	16.5	157.1
Source: Meteociel^[3]

Population

Inhabitants of Plonévez-du-Faou are called in French Plonévéziens.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,750	—
1800	2,441	−1.69%
1806	2,788	+2.24%
1821	3,160	+0.84%
1831	3,532	+1.12%
1836	3,802	+1.48%
1841	3,703	−0.53%
1846	3,747	+0.24%
1851	3,688	−0.32%
1856	3,589	−0.54%
1861	4,416	+4.23%
1866	4,047	−1.73%
1872	3,571	−2.06%
1876	3,962	+2.63%
1881	4,142	+0.89%
1886	4,242	+0.48%
1891	4,485	+1.12%
1896	4,765	+1.22%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	4,825	+0.25%
1906	4,964	+0.57%
1911	5,188	+0.89%
1921	5,193	+0.01%
1926	5,138	−0.21%
1931	4,568	−2.32%
1936	4,247	−1.45%
1946	4,041	−0.50%
1954	3,524	−1.70%
1962	3,319	−0.75%
1968	3,063	−1.33%
1975	2,733	−1.62%
1982	2,515	−1.18%
1990	2,257	−1.34%
1999	2,206	−0.25%
2007	2,096	−0.64%
2012	2,153	+0.54%
2017	2,105	−0.45%