Caurel Kaorel | |
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 The old train station in Caurel | |
 Location of Caurel | |
  Caurel  Caurel | |
| Coordinates:48°13′01″N3°02′14″W / 48.2169°N 3.0372°W /48.2169; -3.0372 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Guerlédan |
| Intercommunality | Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Martigné[1] |
Area 1 | 11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 355 |
| • Density | 30.5/km2 (78.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22033 /22530 |
| Elevation | 120–308 m (394–1,010 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Caurel (French pronunciation:[koʁɛl];Occitan:Kaorel) is acommune in theCôtes-d'Armordepartment ofBrittany in northwesternFrance.
The village is located on the north shore of theLake Guerlédan.
Caurel has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Caurel is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,112.2 mm (43.79 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), and lowest in December, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Caurel was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 11 February 2012.
| Climate data for Caurel (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | 12.0 (53.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) | −8.1 (17.4) | −6.3 (20.7) | −2.1 (28.2) | −0.8 (30.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.7 (30.7) | −4.2 (24.4) | −6.1 (21.0) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 129.7 (5.11) | 105.1 (4.14) | 97.7 (3.85) | 80.6 (3.17) | 73.0 (2.87) | 46.9 (1.85) | 65.9 (2.59) | 65.9 (2.59) | 58.6 (2.31) | 118.0 (4.65) | 136.8 (5.39) | 134.0 (5.28) | 1,112.2 (43.79) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.9 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 148.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 342 | — |
| 1968 | 434 | +26.9% |
| 1975 | 358 | −17.5% |
| 1982 | 376 | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 384 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 387 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 384 | −0.8% |
Inhabitants of Caurel are calledCaurelois in French andKaoreliz in Breton.
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