| Bannalec | |
| Native Name: | Banaleg |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Bannalec (Finistère).svg |
| Coordinates: | 47.9333°N -3.6958°W |
| Insee: | 29004 |
| Postal Code: | 29380 |
| Arrondissement: | Quimper |
| Canton: | Moëlan-sur-Mer |
| Mayor: | Christophe Le Roux[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Quimperlé Communauté |
| Elevation Min M: | 22 |
| Elevation Max M: | 172 |
| Area Km2: | 77.51 |
| Website: | Official website |
Bannalec (in French pronounced as /banalɛk/; Breton: Banaleg) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.[2] Bannalec station has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of Castleisland.
Bannalec has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Bannalec is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bannalec was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 1997.
Inhabitants of Bannalec are called Bannalécois.
In 2008, 7.91% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[3]