Commune in Brittany, France
Pencran (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃kʁɑ̃]; Breton: Penn-ar-C'hrann) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Climate
Pencran has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pencran is 11.6 °C (52.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,465.0 mm (57.68 in) with December 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 6.8 °C (44.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pencran was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Pencran (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1992−2011)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
25.7
(78.3)
|
28.2
(82.8)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
34.8
(94.6)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
28.2
(82.8)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
21.2
(70.2)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
16.1
(61.0)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
9.5
(49.1)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
7.1
(44.8)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
12.8
(55.0)
|
15.5
(59.9)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
17.3
(63.1)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
12.7
(54.9)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
4.3
(39.7)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
5.0
(41.0)
|
6.0
(42.8)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
11.1
(52.0)
|
12.7
(54.9)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
11.1
(52.0)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
4.1
(39.4)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−8.1
(17.4)
|
−4.5
(23.9)
|
−4.1
(24.6)
|
−1.0
(30.2)
|
1.0
(33.8)
|
5.2
(41.4)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
7.3
(45.1)
|
4.9
(40.8)
|
−2.0
(28.4)
|
−3.0
(26.6)
|
−5.8
(21.6)
|
−8.1
(17.4)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
170.9
(6.73)
|
135.5
(5.33)
|
100.2
(3.94)
|
109.9
(4.33)
|
103.9
(4.09)
|
71.7
(2.82)
|
85.0
(3.35)
|
81.8
(3.22)
|
104.9
(4.13)
|
144.5
(5.69)
|
174.4
(6.87)
|
182.3
(7.18)
|
1,465
(57.68)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
17.8
|
14.7
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
12.2
|
9.3
|
12.2
|
10.2
|
10.2
|
15.2
|
18.1
|
17.8
|
165.1
|
| Source: Meteociel[3]
|
Population
Inhabitants of Pencran are called in French Pencranais.
Historical population| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|
| 1968 | 538 | — |
|---|
| 1975 | 757 | +5.00% |
|---|
| 1982 | 1,060 | +4.93% |
|---|
| 1990 | 1,182 | +1.37% |
|---|
| 1999 | 1,253 | +0.65% |
|---|
| 2007 | 1,475 | +2.06% |
|---|
| 2012 | 1,823 | +4.33% |
|---|
| 2017 | 1,970 | +1.56% |
|---|
| Source: INSEE[4] |
Notable Pencranais
Paul Le Guen, former football player and former Rangers F.C manager
