# Louargat

Louargat (French pronunciation:; Breton: Louergad) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

## Geography
### Climate

Louargat has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Louargat is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,013.3 mm (39.89 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Louargat was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) on 2 January 1997.
Climate data for Louargat (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−2016) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 33.2 (91.8) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.4 (101.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 29.1 (84.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 15.1 (59.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.0 (51.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) | −9.3 (15.3) | −8.1 (17.4) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 2.3 (36.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −4.7 (23.5) | −6.9 (19.6) | −8.8 (16.2) | −11.1 (12.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117.4 (4.62) | 104.8 (4.13) | 79.6 (3.13) | 86.4 (3.40) | 66.7 (2.63) | 50.5 (1.99) | 52.3 (2.06) | 50.5 (1.99) | 65.3 (2.57) | 103.8 (4.09) | 113.9 (4.48) | 122.1 (4.81) | 1,013.3 (39.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.4 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 150.4 |
| Source: Météo France ||||||||||||||

## Population

Inhabitants of Louargat are called Louargatais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 4,031 | — |
| 1800 | 3,529 | −1.88% |
| 1806 | 4,419 | +3.82% |
| 1821 | 5,005 | +0.83% |
| 1831 | 5,004 | −0.00% |
| 1836 | 3,833 | −5.19% |
| 1841 | 4,042 | +1.07% |
| 1846 | 4,249 | +1.00% |
| 1851 | 4,428 | +0.83% |
| 1856 | 4,277 | −0.69% |
| 1861 | 4,328 | +0.24% |
| 1866 | 4,357 | +0.13% |
| 1872 | 4,580 | +0.84% |
| 1876 | 4,612 | +0.17% |
| 1881 | 4,311 | −1.34% |
| 1886 | 4,416 | +0.48% |
| 1891 | 4,375 | −0.19% |
| 1896 | 4,346 | −0.13% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 4,071 | −1.30% |
| 1906 | 3,970 | −0.50% |
| 1911 | 3,779 | −0.98% |
| 1921 | 3,466 | −0.86% |
| 1926 | 3,517 | +0.29% |
| 1931 | 3,104 | −2.47% |
| 1936 | 3,067 | −0.24% |
| 1946 | 2,762 | −1.04% |
| 1954 | 2,570 | −0.90% |
| 1962 | 2,428 | −0.71% |
| 1968 | 2,340 | −0.61% |
| 1975 | 2,179 | −1.01% |
| 1982 | 2,224 | +0.29% |
| 1990 | 2,128 | −0.55% |
| 1999 | 2,126 | −0.01% |
| 2007 | 2,219 | +0.54% |
| 2012 | 2,319 | +0.89% |
| 2017 | 2,343 | +0.21% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 14 June 2007. In 2008, 16.06% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.