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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pornic

|native name = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Port-Nitz}} (Gallo)
{{native name|br|Pornizh}}

|commune status = Commune

|population demonym = Pornicais (French)

|image = Pornic (1).JPG

|caption = Castle of Pornic and the port

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pornic (Loire-Atlantique).svg

|arrondissement = Saint-Nazaire

|canton = Pornic

|subdivisions = Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, Clion-sur-Mer

|INSEE = 44131

|postal code = 44210

|mayor = Jean-Michel Brard{{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 = CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz

|coordinates = {{coord|47.1167|-2.1|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 31

|area km2 = 94.2

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

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

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

}}

Pornic ({{IPA|fr|pɔʁnik|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pom445-Pornic.wav}}; Pornizh in Breton, Port-Nitz in Gallo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27642|Pornic}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-44131#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|graph-pos = bottom

|1793 |948

|1800 |806

|1806 |834

|1821 |1040

|1831 |1106

|1841 |1324

|1846 |1505

|1851 |1497

|1856 |1494

|1861 |1608

|1866 |1630

|1872 |1732

|1876 |1666

|1881 |1809

|1886 |1919

|1891 |1980

|1896 |2017

|1901 |2034

|1906 |2004

|1911 |2101

|1921 |1957

|1926 |2001

|1931 |1910

|1936 |2015

|1946 |2358

|1954 |2460

|1962 |2759

|1968 |2795

|1975 |8154

|1982 |8704

|1990 |9815

|1999 |11903

|2007 |13906

|2012 |13937

|2017 |15018

}}

Sights

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 1 March 2006.

Transport

The Pornic train station is served by trains to Nantes and Sainte-Pazanne.

Twin towns

  • {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} Scalby, North Yorkshire - since 1995
  • {{flagdeco|Germany}} Linz am Rhein, Germany - since 1995
  • {{flagdeco|Spain}} Baiona, Spain - since 1995{{Cite web|title=Connexion - CNCD Titre 1 Eng|url=https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/cncdext/dyn/public/login.html;jsessionid=C519EE4143570042B8F5CB214F65654A.jvm01996-2|access-date=2021-02-24|website=pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr}}

Climate

Pornic has a Csb type climate (Mediterranean with mild summers). The highest temperature recorded in Pornic is 38.1 °C on 4 August 2003, while the lowest temperature was -11.2 °C on 2 February 1986. Pornic's average temperature between 1971 and 2000 is approximately 12.8 °C.

{{climate chart|Pornic

|3.8|8.7|72

|3.9|10|66.4

|5.5|12.7|51

|6.8|15|48.2

|10.2|18.6|55.1

|12.8|21.7|35.7

|14.8|24.2|33.6

|14.8|24.5|27.3

|12.8|21.8|63.5

|10.1|17.2|78.6

|6.6|12.5|84.6

|4.8|9.6|77.9

|float=left

|clear=none

|source=[http://meteostats-bzh.ath.cx:93/meteostats/station-240.php#data]

}}

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category}}

{{Loire-Atlantique communes}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Communes of Loire-Atlantique

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Category:Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz

Category:Populated coastal places in France

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