{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Louargat |native name = Louergad |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Louargat - mairie.jpg |caption = The town hall in Louargat |coordinates = {{coord|48.5664|-3.3372|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 22135 |postal code = 22540 |arrondissement = Guingamp |canton = Callac |mayor = Hervé L'Heveder<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération]] |elevation min m = 100 |elevation max m = 301 |area km2 = 57.23 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Louargat''' ({{IPA|fr|lwaʁɡat}}; {{Langx|br|Louergad}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].
==Geography== ===Climate=== Louargat has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Louargat is {{cvt|11.0|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1013.3|mm}} with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|17.0|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|6.1|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Louargat was {{cvt|38.4|C}} on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-11.1|C}} on 2 January 1997. {{Weather box |location = Louargat (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−2016) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |collapsed=y |Jan record high C = 16.5 |Feb record high C = 19.4 |Mar record high C = 23.1 |Apr record high C = 27.8 |May record high C = 29.5 |Jun record high C = 33.2 |Jul record high C = 36.1 |Aug record high C = 38.4 |Sep record high C = 30.9 |Oct record high C = 29.1 |Nov record high C = 20.9 |Dec record high C = 17.8 |year record high C = 38.4 |Jan high C = 9.0 |Feb high C = 9.7 |Mar high C = 11.9 |Apr high C = 13.6 |May high C = 17.2 |Jun high C = 19.9 |Jul high C = 21.6 |Aug high C = 22.1 |Sep high C = 19.6 |Oct high C = 15.6 |Nov high C = 11.8 |Dec high C = 9.1 |year high C = 15.1 |Jan mean C = 6.1 |Feb mean C = 6.3 |Mar mean C = 7.9 |Apr mean C = 9.1 |May mean C = 12.4 |Jun mean C = 14.9 |Jul mean C = 16.8 |Aug mean C = 17.0 |Sep mean C = 14.7 |Oct mean C = 12.0 |Nov mean C = 8.5 |Dec mean C = 6.1 |year mean C = 11.0 |Jan low C = 3.2 |Feb low C = 3.0 |Mar low C = 4.0 |Apr low C = 4.6 |May low C = 7.6 |Jun low C = 9.9 |Jul low C = 12.0 |Aug low C = 11.9 |Sep low C = 9.8 |Oct low C = 8.1 |Nov low C = 5.1 |Dec low C = 3.1 |year low C = 6.9 |Jan record low C = -11.1 |Feb record low C = -9.3 |Mar record low C = -8.1 |Apr record low C = -5.0 |May record low C = -2.9 |Jun record low C = -0.3 |Jul record low C = 2.9 |Aug record low C = 2.3 |Sep record low C = 0.2 |Oct record low C = -4.7 |Nov record low C = -6.9 |Dec record low C = -8.8 |year record low C = -11.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 117.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 104.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 79.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 86.4 |May precipitation mm = 66.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 50.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 52.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 50.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 65.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 103.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 113.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 122.1 |year precipitation mm = 1013.3 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.4 |Feb precipitation days = 14.0 |Mar precipitation days = 12.6 |Apr precipitation days = 13.1 |May precipitation days = 10.6 |Jun precipitation days = 8.2 |Jul precipitation days = 9.6 |Aug precipitation days = 9.0 |Sep precipitation days = 10.2 |Oct precipitation days = 15.0 |Nov precipitation days = 16.4 |Dec precipitation days = 15.5 |year precipitation days = 150.4 |Jan sun = |Feb sun = |Mar sun = |Apr sun = |May sun = |Jun sun = |Jul sun = |Aug sun = |Sep sun = |Oct sun = |Nov sun = |Dec sun = |year sun = |source 1 = [[Météo France]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_22135001.pdf | title=Climate of Louargat 1981-2010 | language = fr | publisher = [[Météo-France]] | access-date = June 19, 2022}}</ref>}}
==Population==
Inhabitants of Louargat are called ''Louargatais'' in French. {{Historical populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|19883|Louargat}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-22135#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |4031 |1800 |3529 |1806 |4419 |1821 |5005 |1831 |5004 |1836 |3833 |1841 |4042 |1846 |4249 |1851 |4428 |1856 |4277 |1861 |4328 |1866 |4357 |1872 |4580 |1876 |4612 |1881 |4311 |1886 |4416 |1891 |4375 |1896 |4346 |1901 |4071 |1906 |3970 |1911 |3779 |1921 |3466 |1926 |3517 |1931 |3104 |1936 |3067 |1946 |2762 |1954 |2570 |1962 |2428 |1968 |2340 |1975 |2179 |1982 |2224 |1990 |2128 |1999 |2126 |2007 |2219 |2012 |2319 |2017 |2343 |2023 |2448 }}
==Breton language== The municipality launched a linguistic plan through [[Ya d'ar brezhoneg]] on 14 June 2007. In 2008, 16.06% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'': [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 ''Enseignement bilingue'']</ref>
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==See also== *[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Search Mérimée|22135}}
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