Pornic

Pornic
The castle of Pornic and the port
Coat of arms
Pornic
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Pornic
Coordinates: 47°07′00″N 2°06′00″W / 47.1167°N 2.1°WCoordinates: 47°07′00″N 2°06′00″W / 47.1167°N 2.1°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 (2014–2020)	Jean-Michel Brard
Area^1	94.2 km^2 (36.4 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	14,101
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pornicais (French)
INSEE/Postal code	44131 / 44210
Elevation	0–31 m (0–102 ft)
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. In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer, whose inhabitants were called respectively Sanmaritains and Clionnais. These former municipalities are now two subdivisions of Pornic.

Monuments

• Château de Pornic - medieval 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:
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.

Tourism

Pornic Office of Tourism

Restaurants

Le Vesuvio

See also

• Media related to Pornic at Wikimedia Commons
• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer