Ploudalmézeau

Ploudalmézeau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ploudalmézeau is {{cvt|11.9|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1006.4|mm}} with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|17.0|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|7.7|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Ploudalmézeau was {{cvt|38.7|C}} on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-7.0|C}} on 28 February 2018.

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|location= Ploudalmézeau (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present)

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|Jan record high C = 17.0

|Feb record high C = 20.8

|Mar record high C = 24.1

|Apr record high C = 26.8

|May record high C = 28.2

|Jun record high C = 30.5

|Jul record high C = 38.7

|Aug record high C = 32.2

|Sep record high C = 31.6

|Oct record high C = 28.1

|Nov record high C = 21.4

|Dec record high C = 17.1

|year record high C = 38.7

|Jan high C = 9.9

|Feb high C = 10.3

|Mar high C = 11.8

|Apr high C = 13.3

|May high C = 15.9

|Jun high C = 18.6

|Jul high C = 20.1

|Aug high C = 20.5

|Sep high C = 19.2

|Oct high C = 16.2

|Nov high C = 12.6

|Dec high C = 10.2

|year high C = 14.9

|Jan mean C = 7.7

|Feb mean C = 7.8

|Mar mean C = 8.9

|Apr mean C = 10.1

|May mean C = 12.8

|Jun mean C = 15.1

|Jul mean C = 16.7

|Aug mean C = 17.0

|Sep mean C = 15.6

|Oct mean C = 13.3

|Nov mean C = 10.3

|Dec mean C = 7.8

|year mean C = 11.9

|Jan low C = 5.5

|Feb low C = 5.2

|Mar low C = 6.0

|Apr low C = 7.0

|May low C = 9.6

|Jun low C = 11.7

|Jul low C = 13.3

|Aug low C = 13.5

|Sep low C = 12.0

|Oct low C = 10.3

|Nov low C = 8.0

|Dec low C = 5.4

|year low C = 9.0

|Jan record low C = -5.0

|Feb record low C = -7.0

|Mar record low C = -2.2

|Apr record low C = -0.7

|May record low C = 1.6

|Jun record low C = 4.3

|Jul record low C = 6.5

|Aug record low C = 3.7

|Sep record low C = 3.5

|Oct record low C = -0.3

|Nov record low C = -2.4

|Dec record low C = -4.4

|year record low C = -7.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 112.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 82.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 74.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 86.7

|May precipitation mm = 65.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 48.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 72.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 59.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 61.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 105.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 121.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 117.2

|year precipitation mm = 1006.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 15.8

|Feb precipitation days = 13.1

|Mar precipitation days = 12.9

|Apr precipitation days = 13.3

|May precipitation days = 10.5

|Jun precipitation days = 8.5

|Jul precipitation days = 11.4

|Aug precipitation days = 9.1

|Sep precipitation days = 9.2

|Oct precipitation days = 15.5

|Nov precipitation days = 17.0

|Dec precipitation days = 17.5

|year precipitation days = 153.6

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=29178001|title=Normales et records pour Ploudalmezeau (29)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=9 June 2022}}}}

Ploudalmézeau is twinned with Cullompton, Devon.

{{Historical populations

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|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27196|Ploudalmézeau}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29178#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |2701

|1800 |2906

|1806 |2738

|1821 |2881

|1831 |3023

|1836 |3085

|1841 |3209

|1846 |3234

|1851 |3219

|1856 |3220

|1861 |3267

|1866 |3252

|1872 |3148

|1876 |3341

|1881 |3240

|1886 |3205

|1891 |3286

|1896 |3305

|1901 |3436

|1906 |3465

|1911 |3725

|1921 |3977

|1926 |3946

|1931 |3867

|1936 |3802

|1946 |4142

|1954 |4177

|1962 |4190

|1968 |4297

|1975 |4464

|1982 |4771

|1990 |4874

|1999 |4994

|2007 |5950

|2012 |6275

|2017 |6297

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In 2008, 11.69% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.Ofis ar Brezhoneg: [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 Enseignement bilingue] (in French)

File:Ancre Amoco Cadiz.jpg

On 16 March 1978, Amoco Cadiz, a very large crude carrier (VLCC), owned by Amoco, split in three after running aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Portsall, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.{{cite web | author=Auke Visser | title=Amoco Cadiz | url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/part-1/id532.htm | publisher=International Super Tankers | date=26 August 2010 | access-date=9 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304161711/http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/part-1/id532.htm | archive-date=4 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}

• Communes of the Finistère department

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• [http://www.ploudalmezeau.fr Official website]
• {{Search Mérimée|29178}}
• [http://www.amf29.asso.fr/ Mayors of Finistère Association] {{in lang|fr}}

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