Bannalec (French pronunciation: [banalɛk]; Breton: Banaleg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.[3] Bannalec station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of Castleisland.

Geography

Climate

Bannalec has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Bannalec is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,221.0 mm (48.07 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 18.1 °C (64.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bannalec was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.9 °C (12.4 °F) on 2 January 1997.

Climate data for Bannalec (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1984−2015)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.6
(60.1) 		18.8
(65.8) 		23.9
(75.0) 		27.7
(81.9) 		31.4
(88.5) 		34.2
(93.6) 		36.2
(97.2) 		38.0
(100.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		28.9
(84.0) 		20.8
(69.4) 		16.7
(62.1) 		38.0
(100.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2) 		9.9
(49.8) 		12.5
(54.5) 		14.8
(58.6) 		18.5
(65.3) 		21.3
(70.3) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.1
(73.6) 		20.6
(69.1) 		16.4
(61.5) 		12.2
(54.0) 		9.6
(49.3) 		15.9
(60.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.3
(43.3) 		6.7
(44.1) 		8.6
(47.5) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.8
(56.8) 		16.4
(61.5) 		18.1
(64.6) 		18.1
(64.6) 		16.0
(60.8) 		12.9
(55.2) 		9.1
(48.4) 		6.9
(44.4) 		12.0
(53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.6
(38.5) 		3.5
(38.3) 		4.7
(40.5) 		5.9
(42.6) 		9.1
(48.4) 		11.4
(52.5) 		13.2
(55.8) 		13.1
(55.6) 		11.3
(52.3) 		9.3
(48.7) 		6.0
(42.8) 		4.1
(39.4) 		8.0
(46.4)
Record low °C (°F) −10.9
(12.4) 		−8.5
(16.7) 		−7.1
(19.2) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		0.0
(32.0) 		3.0
(37.4) 		5.0
(41.0) 		3.5
(38.3) 		3.0
(37.4) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		−4.5
(23.9) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−10.9
(12.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 151.2
(5.95) 		116.5
(4.59) 		94.8
(3.73) 		89.7
(3.53) 		83.6
(3.29) 		59.2
(2.33) 		64.4
(2.54) 		65.6
(2.58) 		83.3
(3.28) 		126.0
(4.96) 		139.5
(5.49) 		147.2
(5.80) 		1,221
(48.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16.3 13.0 13.2 13.0 10.7 8.5 9.7 8.7 9.4 14.2 15.4 15.1 147.1
Source: Meteociel[4]

Population

Inhabitants of Bannalec are called Bannalécois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,800—    
1800 4,396−1.25%
1806 3,165−5.33%
1821 4,363+2.16%
1831 4,183−0.42%
1836 4,377+0.91%
1841 4,264−0.52%
1846 4,372+0.50%
1851 4,174−0.92%
1856 4,425+1.17%
1861 4,313−0.51%
1866 4,611+1.35%
1872 4,390−0.82%
1876 4,787+2.19%
1881 5,042+1.04%
1886 5,259+0.85%
1891 5,890+2.29%
1896 5,910+0.07%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 6,040+0.44%
1906 6,141+0.33%
1911 6,138−0.01%
1921 6,170+0.05%
1926 6,323+0.49%
1931 6,159−0.52%
1936 6,067−0.30%
1946 6,098+0.05%
1954 5,511−1.26%
1962 5,369−0.33%
1968 5,235−0.42%
1975 5,023−0.59%
1982 4,975−0.14%
1990 4,840−0.34%
1999 4,785−0.13%
2007 5,144+0.91%
2012 5,552+1.54%
2017 5,659+0.38%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Breton language

In 2008, 7.91% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Bannalec (29004), INSEE
  4. ^ "Normales et records pour Bannalec (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bannalec, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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