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Loudéac
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Coordinates: 48°10′40″N 2°45′14″W / 48.1778°N 2.7539°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc |
Canton | Loudéac |
Intercommunality | Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Le Bescaut |
Area 1 | 80.24 km2 (30.98 sq mi) |
Population | 9,762 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 22136 /22600 |
Elevation | 73–245 m (240–804 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Loudéac (French pronunciation: ; Breton: Loudieg; Gallo: Loudia) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, northwestern France.
Loudéac has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loudéac is 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 901.3 mm (35.48 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 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudéac was 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 2 January 1997.
Climate data for Loudéac (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.9 (100.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
37.9 (100.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.8 (4.13) |
82.3 (3.24) |
64.2 (2.53) |
68.7 (2.70) |
64.6 (2.54) |
53.7 (2.11) |
51.8 (2.04) |
47.6 (1.87) |
65.9 (2.59) |
100.7 (3.96) |
96.0 (3.78) |
101.0 (3.98) |
901.3 (35.48) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.3 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 133.2 |
Source: Météo France |
The inhabitants of Loudéac are known in French as Loudéaciens and Loudéaciennes.
Loudéac has 2 football teams, FC Saint-Bugan, named after an area in the town, and Loudéac OSC, formed from the amalgamation of Stade Loudéacien (1909) and Avenir Sportif Loudéacien (1966) on 1 June 2001. Loudéac OSC is traditionally a big club on the amateur scene in the region (being one of the larger towns). Recently, the club has restructured with a strong policy on developing youth, which has paid dividends as the club are again rising through the divisions. There is also a female team within the club. There is a handball team in the town, l'Amicale Laîque Loudéac Handball who compete across male and female senior and junior competition. A rugby team based in the town is named the Loup'déaciens (a play on words on the word 'loup' which means 'wolf' in French. There is a strong local pool scene, which has culminated in a youth based in the town becoming a world champion at youth level as part of a French team.