Pornic

Pornic
View of Pornic and Château de Pornic
Pornic
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Pornic
Administration
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pornic
Intercommunality	Pornic
Mayor	Philippe Boënnec (2008–2014)
Statistics
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 South-Eastern Brittany, in western France.

Monuments

• Château de Pornic - mediaeval castle

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 1 March 2006.

Climate

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.

Pornic
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     72   9 4     66   10 4     51   13 6     48   15 7     55   19 10     36   22 13     34   24 15     27   25 15     64   22 13     79   17 10     85   13 7     78   10 5 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [1]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.8   48 39     2.6   50 39     2   55 42     1.9   59 44     2.2   65 50     1.4   71 55     1.3   76 59     1.1   76 59     2.5   71 55     3.1   63 50     3.3   55 44     3.1   49 41 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Transport

Gare de Pornic is served by train services to Nantes.

Twin towns

The village is twinned with Scalby, North Yorkshire.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer