Caurel, Côtes-d'Armor
Caurel (French pronunciation: [koʁɛl]; Occitan: Kaorel) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Caurel
Kaorel | |
|---|---|
 The old train station in Caurel | |
Location of Caurel | |
  Caurel  Caurel | |
| Coordinates: 48°13′01″N 3°02′14″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
| Canton | Guerlédan |
| Intercommunality | Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Martigné[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi) |
| Population | 361 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22033 /22530 |
| Elevation | 120–308 m (394–1,010 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The village is located on the north shore of the Lake Guerlédan.
Climate
Caurel has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Caurel is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,112.2 mm (43.79 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), and lowest in December, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Caurel was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 11 February 2012.
| Climate data for Caurel (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 129.7 (5.11) |
105.1 (4.14) |
97.7 (3.85) |
80.6 (3.17) |
73.0 (2.87) |
46.9 (1.85) |
65.9 (2.59) |
65.9 (2.59) |
58.6 (2.31) |
118.0 (4.65) |
136.8 (5.39) |
134.0 (5.28) |
1,112.2 (43.79) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.9 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 148.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Map
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 342 | — |
| 1968 | 434 | +26.9% |
| 1975 | 358 | −17.5% |
| 1982 | 376 | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 384 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 387 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 384 | −0.8% |
Inhabitants of Caurel are called Caurelois in French and Kaoreliz in Breton.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Normales et records pour Caurel-Edf (22)". Meteociel. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
External links
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
