Le Quiou
Commune in Brittany, France
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Le Quiou (French pronunciation: [lə kju]; Breton: Ar C'haeoù) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
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Le Quiou
Ar C'haeoù | |
|---|---|
The town hall of Le Quiou | |
 Location of Le Quiou | |
  Le Quiou  Le Quiou | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′07″N 2°00′17″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Lanvallay |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Arnaud Carré[1] |
Area 1 | 5.06 km2 (1.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 359 |
| • Density | 70.9/km2 (184/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22263 /22630 |
| Elevation | 13–77 m (43–253 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Le Quiou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Le Quiou is 11.6 °C (52.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 757.4 mm (29.82 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July and August, at around 17.7 °C (63.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Le Quiou was 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) on 25 February 1986.
| Climate data for Le Quiou (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1985−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.4 (104.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 71.8 (2.83) |
58.3 (2.30) |
50.6 (1.99) |
54.5 (2.15) |
62.8 (2.47) |
52.8 (2.08) |
46.6 (1.83) |
52.3 (2.06) |
57.1 (2.25) |
78.0 (3.07) |
86.0 (3.39) |
86.6 (3.41) |
757.4 (29.82) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.6 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 126.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 326 | — |
| 1968 | 331 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 319 | −3.6% |
| 1982 | 313 | −1.9% |
| 1990 | 286 | −8.6% |
| 1999 | 305 | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 327 | +7.2% |
The inhabitants of Le Quiou are known in French as quiousiens.
