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Pornic (French pronunciation: [pɔʁnik] (listen); Pornizh in Breton, Port-Nitz in Gallo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Pornic
Commune
Castle of Pornic and the port
Coat of arms
Location of Pornic
Pornic Show map of France Pornic Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°07′00″N 2°06′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pornic
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Boroughs	Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, Clion-sur-Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Brard
Area 1	94.2 km2 (36.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	15,859
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Demonym	Pornicais (French)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44131 /44210
Elevation	0–31 m (0–102 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 948 —     1800 806 −2.29% 1806 834 +0.57% 1821 1,040 +1.48% 1831 1,106 +0.62% 1841 1,324 +1.82% 1846 1,505 +2.60% 1851 1,497 −0.11% 1856 1,494 −0.04% 1861 1,608 +1.48% 1866 1,630 +0.27% 1872 1,732 +1.02% 1876 1,666 −0.97% 1881 1,809 +1.66% 1886 1,919 +1.19% 1891 1,980 +0.63% 1896 2,017 +0.37% 1901 2,034 +0.17%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,004 −0.30% 1911 2,101 +0.95% 1921 1,957 −0.71% 1926 2,001 +0.45% 1931 1,910 −0.93% 1936 2,015 +1.08% 1946 2,358 +1.58% 1954 2,460 +0.53% 1962 2,759 +1.44% 1968 2,795 +0.22% 1975 8,154 +16.53% 1982 8,704 +0.94% 1990 9,815 +1.51% 1999 11,903 +2.17% 2007 13,906 +1.96% 2012 13,937 +0.04% 2017 15,018 +1.51%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Sights

• Château de Pornic; medieval castle

Breton language

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

Transport

The Pornic train station is served by trains to Nantes and Sainte-Pazanne.

Twin towns

• Scalby, North Yorkshire - since 1995
• Linz am Rhein, Germany - since 1995
• Baiona, Spain - since 1995[4]

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:
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

See also

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

References

На других языках

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[de] Pornic

Pornic ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 15.859 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Loire-Atlantique in der Region Pays de la Loire. Sie ist Hauptort des Kantons Pornic.

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- [en] Pornic

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[ru] Порник

Порни́к (фр. Pornic) — коммуна на западе Франции, находится в регионе Пеи-де-ла-Луар, департамент Атлантическая Луара, округ Сен-Назер, центр кантона Порник. Расположена в 49 км к западу от Нанта на побережье Бискайского залива, в месте впадения в него канала От-Перш. В центре коммуны находится железнодорожная станция Порник, конечный пункт линии Нант-Порник.

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