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DeutschCaulnes
Caulnes Kaon | |
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 The church of Caulnes | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Caulnes  | |
  Caulnes  Caulnes | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′23″N 2°09′13″W / 48.2897°N 2.1536°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Broons |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marina Le Moal[1] |
| Area 1 | 31.36 km2 (12.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,504 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22032 /22350 |
| Elevation | 46–133 m (151–436 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Caulnes (French pronunciation: [kon] ⓘ; Breton: Kaon; Gallo: Caunn) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Caulnes has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Caulnes is 12.1 °C (53.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 848.4 mm (33.40 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 18.7 °C (65.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.9 °C (42.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Caulnes was 39.6 °C (103.3 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Caulnes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1997−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.1 (86.2) | 35.9 (96.6) | 38.1 (100.6) | 39.6 (103.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) | −8.7 (16.3) | −7.9 (17.8) | −3.6 (25.5) | −0.9 (30.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.7 (35.1) | −5.1 (22.8) | −6.9 (19.6) | −7.4 (18.7) | −13.0 (8.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79.0 (3.11) | 62.8 (2.47) | 60.0 (2.36) | 64.3 (2.53) | 71.9 (2.83) | 48.2 (1.90) | 59.3 (2.33) | 58.0 (2.28) | 58.9 (2.32) | 93.1 (3.67) | 98.6 (3.88) | 94.3 (3.71) | 848.4 (33.40) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.5 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 135.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population[edit]
Inhabitants of Caulnes are called Caulnais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,828 | — |
| 1975 | 1,990 | +1.22% |
| 1982 | 1,942 | −0.35% |
| 1990 | 1,992 | +0.32% |
| 1999 | 2,016 | +0.13% |
| 2007 | 2,278 | +1.54% |
| 2012 | 2,439 | +1.38% |
| 2017 | 2,488 | +0.40% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Caulnes-Edf (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links[edit]
- Official website Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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