Île de Batz

Île-de-Batz
Enez-Vaz
Commune

Porz Kernog on Île de Batz
Île-de-Batz

Coordinates: 48°44′43″N 4°00′35″W / 48.7453°N 4.0097°W / 48.7453; -4.0097Coordinates: 48°44′43″N 4°00′35″W / 48.7453°N 4.0097°W / 48.7453; -4.0097
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Morlaix
Canton Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Intercommunality Pays Léonard
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Guy Cabioch
Area1 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 574
  Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 29082 /29253
Elevation 0–33 m (0–108 ft)

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.

The Île de Batz (Enez Vaz in Breton) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. Administratively, it is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Climate

Climate data for Île de Batz (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7)
9.3
(48.7)
10.4
(50.7)
11.7
(53.1)
14.1
(57.4)
16.5
(61.7)
18.4
(65.1)
18.8
(65.8)
17.7
(63.9)
15.5
(59.9)
12.1
(53.8)
10.3
(50.5)
13.7
(56.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.3
(45.1)
7.2
(45)
8.2
(46.8)
9.5
(49.1)
11.8
(53.2)
14.1
(57.4)
16.0
(60.8)
16.3
(61.3)
15.3
(59.5)
13.2
(55.8)
10.1
(50.2)
8.4
(47.1)
11.5
(52.7)
Average low °C (°F) 5.3
(41.5)
5.2
(41.4)
6.0
(42.8)
7.3
(45.1)
9.4
(48.9)
11.7
(53.1)
13.5
(56.3)
13.7
(56.7)
12.9
(55.2)
10.9
(51.6)
8.0
(46.4)
6.4
(43.5)
9.2
(48.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 107.3
(4.224)
82.8
(3.26)
77.9
(3.067)
55.6
(2.189)
56.7
(2.232)
42.6
(1.677)
35.9
(1.413)
42.7
(1.681)
59.1
(2.327)
81.0
(3.189)
101.8
(4.008)
107.0
(4.213)
850.4
(33.48)
Average relative humidity (%) 83 82 82 82 84 84 85 85 85 84 82 83 83.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59.1 85.0 127.3 172.5 215.8 210.7 234.3 211.5 167.6 121.2 75.1 55.1 1,735.2
Source: Infoclimat.fr[1]


Population

Inhabitants of Île-de-Batz are called in French Batziens or Îliens.

At the census of 1999 the island had a population of 575, and in 2005 it had an estimated population of 594.

Sights

The lighthouse of l'île de Batz

See also

References

  1. "Normes et records 1961-1990: Ile de Batz (29) - altitude 27m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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