Ploudalmézeau Gwitalmeze | |
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 A view of the sea, at Portsall | |
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Location of Ploudalmézeau  | |
  Ploudalmézeau  Ploudalmézeau | |
| Coordinates:48°32′28″N4°39′22″W / 48.5411°N 4.6561°W /48.5411; -4.6561 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Plabennec |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Iroise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Marguerite Lamour[1] |
Area 1 | 23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 6,440 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29178 /29830 |
| Elevation | 0–86 m (0–282 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ploudalmézeau (French pronunciation:[pludalmezo];Breton:Gwitalmeze) is acommune in theFinistèredepartment ofBrittany in north-westernFrance.
The village and port of Portsall is part of the commune. TheAmoco Cadiz oil tanker ran aground off Portsall in 1978, causing a largecrude oil spill.
Ploudalmézeau has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Ploudalmézeau is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,006.4 mm (39.62 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ploudalmézeau was 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) on 28 February 2018.
| Climate data for Ploudalmézeau (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 38.7 (101.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.3 (50.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | −0.7 (30.7) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.3 (31.5) | −2.4 (27.7) | −4.4 (24.1) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 112.1 (4.41) | 82.1 (3.23) | 74.4 (2.93) | 86.7 (3.41) | 65.5 (2.58) | 48.4 (1.91) | 72.4 (2.85) | 59.6 (2.35) | 61.3 (2.41) | 105.7 (4.16) | 121.0 (4.76) | 117.2 (4.61) | 1,006.4 (39.62) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.8 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 153.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Ploudalmézeau is twinned withCullompton,Devon.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2008, 11.69% of primary-school children attendedbilingual schools, whereBreton language is taught alongside French.[6]
On 16 March 1978,Amoco Cadiz, avery large crude carrier (VLCC), owned by Amoco, split in three after running aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Portsall, resulting in thelargest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.[7]
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