Caurel, Côtes-d'Armor

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Caurel

|native name = Kaorel

|commune status = Commune

|image = KaourelTi-gar.JPG

|caption = The old train station in Caurel

|coordinates = {{coord|48.2169|-3.0372|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 22033

|postal code = 22530

|arrondissement = Saint-Brieuc

|canton = Guerlédan

|mayor = Jean-Louis Martigné{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre

|elevation min m = 120

|elevation max m = 308

|area km2 = 11.65

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Caurel ({{IPA|fr|koʁɛl}}; {{langx|oc|Kaorel}}) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography

The village is located on the north shore of the Lake Guerlédan.

=Climate=

Caurel has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Caurel is {{cvt|12.0|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1112.2|mm}} with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around {{cvt|18.3|C}}, and lowest in December, at around {{cvt|6.1|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Caurel was {{cvt|39.0|C}} on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-8.1|C}} on 11 February 2012.

{{Weather box

|location= Caurel (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−present)

|metric first= Y

|single line= Y

|Jan record high C = 16.6

|Feb record high C = 20.5

|Mar record high C = 22.8

|Apr record high C = 26.5

|May record high C = 30.0

|Jun record high C = 34.5

|Jul record high C = 35.2

|Aug record high C = 39.0

|Sep record high C = 30.6

|Oct record high C = 28.4

|Nov record high C = 19.4

|Dec record high C = 16.0

|year record high C = 39.0

|Jan high C = 9.0

|Feb high C = 10.0

|Mar high C = 12.5

|Apr high C = 15.1

|May high C = 18.1

|Jun high C = 22.1

|Jul high C = 23.1

|Aug high C = 23.0

|Sep high C = 21.0

|Oct high C = 16.6

|Nov high C = 12.4

|Dec high C = 9.1

|year high C = 16.0

|Jan mean C = 6.2

|Feb mean C = 6.7

|Mar mean C = 8.5

|Apr mean C = 10.4

|May mean C = 13.6

|Jun mean C = 16.9

|Jul mean C = 18.3

|Aug mean C = 18.2

|Sep mean C = 16.1

|Oct mean C = 12.9

|Nov mean C = 9.2

|Dec mean C = 6.1

|year mean C = 12.0

|Jan low C = 3.3

|Feb low C = 3.4

|Mar low C = 4.5

|Apr low C = 5.7

|May low C = 9.0

|Jun low C = 11.7

|Jul low C = 13.4

|Aug low C = 13.4

|Sep low C = 11.3

|Oct low C = 9.2

|Nov low C = 6.0

|Dec low C = 3.2

|year low C = 7.9

|Jan record low C = -7.7

|Feb record low C = -8.1

|Mar record low C = -6.3

|Apr record low C = -2.1

|May record low C = -0.8

|Jun record low C = 3.9

|Jul record low C = 5.3

|Aug record low C = 6.0

|Sep record low C = 3.7

|Oct record low C = -0.7

|Nov record low C = -4.2

|Dec record low C = -6.1

|year record low C = -8.1

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 129.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 105.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 97.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 80.6

|May precipitation mm = 73.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 46.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 65.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 65.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 58.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 118.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 136.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 134.0

|year precipitation mm = 1112.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 15.9

|Feb precipitation days = 13.9

|Mar precipitation days = 14.4

|Apr precipitation days = 11.8

|May precipitation days = 10.9

|Jun precipitation days = 7.2

|Jul precipitation days = 10.3

|Aug precipitation days = 9.2

|Sep precipitation days = 8.2

|Oct precipitation days = 14.1

|Nov precipitation days = 16.9

|Dec precipitation days = 15.4

|year precipitation days = 148.1

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=22033001|title=Normales et records pour Caurel-Edf (22)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=13 June 2022}}}}

Map

{{wide image|Caurel_22_opentopomap.png|400px|Topographic map.}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|align=left|

1962|342|

1968|434|

1975|358|

1982|376|

1990|384|

1999|387|

2008|384

}}

Inhabitants of Caurel are called Caurelois in French and Kaoreliz in Breton.

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See also

References

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