Plouisy (French pronunciation: [pluizi]; Breton: Plouizi) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France. Plouisy is 407 kilometres from Paris.
Plouisy
Plouizi | |
|---|---|
 The centre of Plouisy | |
Location of Plouisy  | |
  Plouisy  Plouisy | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′42″N 3°10′57″W / 48.5783°N 3.1825°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp |
| Canton | Guingamp |
| Intercommunality | Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Rémy Guillou[1] |
Area 1 | 23.63 km2 (9.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,006 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22223 /22200 |
| Elevation | 55–195 m (180–640 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editPlouisy has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plouisy is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 950.2 mm (37.41 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plouisy was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 17 January 1985.
| Climate data for Plouisy (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1971−2013) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.4 (95.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 109.1 (4.30) |
89.9 (3.54) |
78.0 (3.07) |
76.1 (3.00) |
72.9 (2.87) |
49.6 (1.95) |
45.1 (1.78) |
48.0 (1.89) |
63.9 (2.52) |
98.7 (3.89) |
104.7 (4.12) |
114.2 (4.50) |
950.2 (37.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 147.5 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,496 | — |
| 1975 | 1,417 | −0.77% |
| 1982 | 1,595 | +1.70% |
| 1990 | 1,730 | +1.02% |
| 1999 | 1,756 | +0.17% |
| 2009 | 1,917 | +0.88% |
| 2014 | 1,971 | +0.56% |
| 2020 | 2,002 | +0.26% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Inhabitants of Plouisy are called plouisyens in French.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Plouisy (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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