Brignogan-Plages | |
Native Name: | Brignogan |
Coordinates: | 48.6653°N -4.3247°W |
Insee: | 29021 |
Postal Code: | 29890 |
Arrondissement: | Brest |
Canton: | Lesneven |
Commune: | Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 25 |
Area Km2: | 3.60 |
Population: | 732 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Brignogan-Plages (or simply Brignogan) (pronounced as /fr/;) is a former commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages.[2]
Brignogan is 32 kilometres from Brest. Submarine telegraph cables between Cornwall and France came ashore at Brignogan.
Brignogan-Plages has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Brignogan-Plages is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Brignogan-Plages was on 2 August 1990; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 12 January 1987.
Inhabitants of Brignogan-Plages are called Brignoganais in French.