Coray, Finistère
Coray (French pronunciation: [kɔʁɛ]; Breton: Kore) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Coray
Kore | |
|---|---|
 The church in Coray | |
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Location of Coray | |
  Coray  Coray | |
| Coordinates: 48°03′43″N 3°49′43″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| Canton | Briec |
| Intercommunality | Haute Cornouaille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joëlle Le Bihan[1] |
| Area 1 | 31.36 km2 (12.11 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,887 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29041 /29370 |
| Elevation | 75–257 m (246–843 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It lies on the river Odet.
Geography
Climate
Coray has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Coray is 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,397.1 mm (55.00 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Coray was 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.7 °C (12.7 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Coray (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.9 (96.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 166.8 (6.57) |
128.9 (5.07) |
99.3 (3.91) |
102.1 (4.02) |
93.1 (3.67) |
64.7 (2.55) |
82.4 (3.24) |
83.0 (3.27) |
99.9 (3.93) |
149.9 (5.90) |
166.0 (6.54) |
161.0 (6.34) |
1,397.1 (55.00) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.7 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 159.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Coray are called in French Corayens.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Normales et records pour Coray Chat Eau (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coray, EHESS (in French).
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coray.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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