# Pleyber-Christ

Pleyber-Christ (French pronunciation:; Breton: Pleiber-Krist) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

## Geography
### Climate

Pleyber-Christ has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pleyber-Christ is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,126.8 mm (44.36 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.5 °C (63.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pleyber-Christ was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) on 2 January 1997.
Climate data for Pleyber-Christ (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.3 (46.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.6 (43.9) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) | −7.6 (18.3) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.2 (28.0) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.7 (42.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | 3.1 (37.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | −4.6 (23.7) | −6.7 (19.9) | −8.3 (17.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 130.6 (5.14) | 110.6 (4.35) | 88.7 (3.49) | 85.9 (3.38) | 79.4 (3.13) | 54.6 (2.15) | 64.9 (2.56) | 62.4 (2.46) | 73.4 (2.89) | 108.5 (4.27) | 130.9 (5.15) | 136.9 (5.39) | 1,126.8 (44.36) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.1 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 161.9 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## Population

Inhabitants of Pleyber-Christ are called in French Pleybériens.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 2,806 | — |
| 1800 | 3,023 | +1.07% |
| 1806 | 2,891 | −0.74% |
| 1821 | 3,017 | +0.28% |
| 1831 | 3,087 | +0.23% |
| 1836 | 3,062 | −0.16% |
| 1841 | 3,133 | +0.46% |
| 1846 | 3,166 | +0.21% |
| 1851 | 3,292 | +0.78% |
| 1856 | 3,430 | +0.82% |
| 1861 | 3,221 | −1.25% |
| 1866 | 3,393 | +1.05% |
| 1872 | 3,468 | +0.37% |
| 1876 | 3,454 | −0.10% |
| 1881 | 3,412 | −0.24% |
| 1886 | 3,319 | −0.55% |
| 1891 | 3,351 | +0.19% |
| 1896 | 3,238 | −0.68% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 3,028 | −1.33% |
| 1906 | 2,968 | −0.40% |
| 1911 | 2,894 | −0.50% |
| 1921 | 2,797 | −0.34% |
| 1926 | 2,613 | −1.35% |
| 1931 | 2,384 | −1.82% |
| 1936 | 2,298 | −0.73% |
| 1946 | 2,191 | −0.48% |
| 1954 | 2,093 | −0.57% |
| 1962 | 2,157 | +0.38% |
| 1968 | 2,187 | +0.23% |
| 1975 | 2,525 | +2.07% |
| 1982 | 2,812 | +1.55% |
| 1990 | 2,828 | +0.07% |
| 1999 | 2,790 | −0.15% |
| 2007 | 3,057 | +1.15% |
| 2012 | 3,083 | +0.17% |
| 2017 | 3,139 | +0.36% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Breton language

In 2008, 7.05% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[1]

## Twinning

Pleyber-Christ was twinned with Lostwithiel in Cornwall, UK in 1979. The people in the Twinning Associations of both towns usually meet up every year, alternating between Lostwithiel and Pleyber-Christ.