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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Pornic |
| Intercommunality | Pornic |
| Mayor | Philippe Boënnec (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–31 m (0–102 ft) |
| Land area1 | 94.2 km2 (36.4 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 13,681 (2006) |
| - Density | 145 /km2 (380 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44131/ 44210 |
| Website | http://www.pornic.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Pornic (Pornizh in Breton) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.
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The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 1 March 2006.
Pornic has a Csb type climate (Mediterranean with mild summers). The highest temperature recorded in Pornic is 38.1°C on 4 August 2003, while the lowest temperature was -11.2°C on 2 February 1986. Pornic's average temperature between 1971 and 2000 is approximately 12.8°C.
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The village is twinned with Scalby, North Yorkshire.