Bannalec (; br, Banaleg) is a

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in the

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in the

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in northwestern

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Bannalec station Bannalec (French language, French: ''Gare de Bannalec'') is a railway station in Bannalec, Finistère, France. The station was opened on 8 September 1863, and is located at kilometric point (KP) 653.987 on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. Today, ...

has rail connections to Quimper, Lorient and Vannes. Bannalec is twinned with the Irish town of

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Geography

Climate

Bannalec has a

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Bannalec is . The average annual rainfall is with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bannalec was on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 1997.

Population

Inhabitants of Bannalec are called ''Bannalécois''.

Breton language

In 2008, 7.91% of primary-school children attended

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, where

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is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''
''Enseignement bilingue''
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References

External links

Official website
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www.bannalec.com

Mayors of Finistère Association
; Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub