Sizun
Commune in Brittany, France
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Sizun (French pronunciation: [sizœ̃]; Breton: Sizun) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Sizun | |
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Arc de Triomphe in Sizun | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sizun | |
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| Coordinates: 48°24′21″N 4°04′34″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Landivisiau |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Catherine Le Roux[1] |
Area 1 | 58.14 km2 (22.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,325 |
| • Density | 39.99/km2 (103.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29277 /29450 |
| Elevation | 61–382 m (200–1,253 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
Sizun has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sizun is 10.4 °C (50.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,324.0 mm (52.13 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 16.3 °C (61.3 °F), and lowest in February, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sizun was 37.7 °C (99.9 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.3 °C (11.7 °F) on 17 January 1985.
| Climate data for Sizun (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1983−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
37.7 (99.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 162.7 (6.41) |
127.1 (5.00) |
105.8 (4.17) |
101.3 (3.99) |
84.0 (3.31) |
63.9 (2.52) |
71.4 (2.81) |
75.9 (2.99) |
95.7 (3.77) |
132.5 (5.22) |
145.4 (5.72) |
158.3 (6.23) |
1,324 (52.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.0 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 164.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Sizun are called in French Sizuniens.
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton language
In 2008, 19.74% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[6]
