Pornic

Pornic (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 Pornic
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	Pornic
Boroughs	Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, Clion-sur-Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Brard
Area ^1	94.2 km^2 (36.4 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	15,018
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	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 km^2 (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. ±% 1793 948 —     1806 834 −12.0% 1821 1,040 +24.7% 1831 1,106 +6.3% 1841 1,324 +19.7% 1851 1,497 +13.1% 1861 1,608 +7.4% 1872 1,732 +7.7% 1881 1,809 +4.4% 1891 1,980 +9.5% 1901 2,034 +2.7% 1911 2,101 +3.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,957 −6.9% 1931 1,910 −2.4% 1946 2,358 +23.5% 1954 2,460 +4.3% 1962 2,759 +12.2% 1975 8,154 +195.5% 1982 8,704 +6.7% 1990 9,815 +12.8% 1999 11,891 +21.2% 2006 13,681 +15.1% 2017 15,018 +9.8%

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 local train station is served by trains to Nantes.

Twin towns

The village is twinned with Scalby, North Yorkshire.

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.