Pencran
Pencran Penn-ar-C'hrann | |
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 The church in Pencran | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pencran | |
  Pencran  Pencran | |
| Coordinates: 48°26′19″N 4°14′01″W / 48.4386°N 4.2336°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| Canton | Landerneau |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Hervoir[1] |
Area 1 | 8.93 km2 (3.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,229 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29156 /29800 |
| Elevation | 1–175 m (3.3–574.1 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pencran (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃kʁɑ̃]; Breton: Penn-ar-C'hrann) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Climate
Pencran has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pencran is 11.6 °C (52.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,465.0 mm (57.68 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.8 °C (44.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pencran was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Pencran (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1992−2011) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.5 (88.7) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.6 (96.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 35.6 (96.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.3 (63.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | −4.1 (24.6) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | −3.0 (26.6) | −5.8 (21.6) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 170.9 (6.73) | 135.5 (5.33) | 100.2 (3.94) | 109.9 (4.33) | 103.9 (4.09) | 71.7 (2.82) | 85.0 (3.35) | 81.8 (3.22) | 104.9 (4.13) | 144.5 (5.69) | 174.4 (6.87) | 182.3 (7.18) | 1,465 (57.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.8 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 165.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Pencran are called in French Pencranais.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 538 | — |
| 1975 | 757 | +5.00% |
| 1982 | 1,060 | +4.93% |
| 1990 | 1,182 | +1.37% |
| 1999 | 1,253 | +0.65% |
| 2007 | 1,475 | +2.06% |
| 2012 | 1,823 | +4.33% |
| 2017 | 1,970 | +1.56% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable Pencranais
Paul Le Guen, former football player and former Rangers F.C manager
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Pencran (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
