# Plonévez-du-Faou

Plonévez-du-Faou (Breton: Plonevez-ar-Faou) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

## Geography
### Climate

Plonévez-du-Faou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plonévez-du-Faou is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,143.7 mm (45.03 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plonévez-du-Faou was 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 2 January 1997.
Climate data for Plonévez-du-Faou (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1988−2017) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 37.3 (99.1) | 38.7 (101.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.0 (84.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 3.7 (38.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.9 (42.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) | −8.5 (16.7) | −5.5 (22.1) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | −5.3 (22.5) | −8.0 (17.6) | −10.0 (14.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 132.1 (5.20) | 101.9 (4.01) | 94.1 (3.70) | 82.6 (3.25) | 80.8 (3.18) | 56.3 (2.22) | 64.2 (2.53) | 68.7 (2.70) | 81.2 (3.20) | 121.0 (4.76) | 125.0 (4.92) | 135.8 (5.35) | 1,143.7 (45.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.2 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 157.1 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## Population

Inhabitants of Plonévez-du-Faou are called in French Plonévéziens.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 2,750 | — |
| 1800 | 2,441 | −1.69% |
| 1806 | 2,788 | +2.24% |
| 1821 | 3,160 | +0.84% |
| 1831 | 3,532 | +1.12% |
| 1836 | 3,802 | +1.48% |
| 1841 | 3,703 | −0.53% |
| 1846 | 3,747 | +0.24% |
| 1851 | 3,688 | −0.32% |
| 1856 | 3,589 | −0.54% |
| 1861 | 4,416 | +4.23% |
| 1866 | 4,047 | −1.73% |
| 1872 | 3,571 | −2.06% |
| 1876 | 3,962 | +2.63% |
| 1881 | 4,142 | +0.89% |
| 1886 | 4,242 | +0.48% |
| 1891 | 4,485 | +1.12% |
| 1896 | 4,765 | +1.22% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 4,825 | +0.25% |
| 1906 | 4,964 | +0.57% |
| 1911 | 5,188 | +0.89% |
| 1921 | 5,193 | +0.01% |
| 1926 | 5,138 | −0.21% |
| 1931 | 4,568 | −2.32% |
| 1936 | 4,247 | −1.45% |
| 1946 | 4,041 | −0.50% |
| 1954 | 3,524 | −1.70% |
| 1962 | 3,319 | −0.75% |
| 1968 | 3,063 | −1.33% |
| 1975 | 2,733 | −1.62% |
| 1982 | 2,515 | −1.18% |
| 1990 | 2,257 | −1.34% |
| 1999 | 2,206 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 2,096 | −0.64% |
| 2012 | 2,153 | +0.54% |
| 2017 | 2,105 | −0.45% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :