Brécey
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Brécey | |
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.JPG) View of Brécey and the Sée valley | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Brécey  | |
  Brécey  Brécey | |
| Coordinates: 48°43′32″N 1°09′55″W / 48.7256°N 1.1653°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Isigny-le-Buat |
| Intercommunality | CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Aubrays[1] |
Area 1 | 20.96 km2 (8.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,166 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50074 /50370 |
| Elevation | 22–111 m (72–364 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brécey (French pronunciation: [bʁesɛ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. It is located on the crossing of the D999 and D911 roads.
Amenities include a cultural centre and the Collège Pierre Aguiton.
Geography
Climate
Brécey has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Brécey is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,100.0 mm (43.31 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.7 °C (63.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brécey was 35.1 °C (95.2 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 29 December 2005.
| Climate data for Brécey (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1996−2013) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
35.1 (95.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 96.2 (3.79) |
85.6 (3.37) |
80.1 (3.15) |
75.1 (2.96) |
84.4 (3.32) |
61.7 (2.43) |
83.7 (3.30) |
77.4 (3.05) |
80.6 (3.17) |
120.5 (4.74) |
130.3 (5.13) |
124.4 (4.90) |
1,100 (43.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 152.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heraldry
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The arms of Brécey are blazoned : Ermine, a lion (rampant) gules.
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Brecey (50)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Brécey, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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