Spézet
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Spézet |
| native name | Speied |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Spézet (29) Mairie.jpg |
| caption | The town hall in Spézet |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Spézet (Finistère).svg |
| coordinates | |
| elevation min m | 45 |
| elevation max m | 315 |
| INSEE | 29278 |
| postal code | 29540 |
| arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| canton | Carhaix-Plouguer |
| mayor | Guy Citérin |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Haute Cornouaille |
| area km2 | 60.67 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
|name = Spézet |native name = Speied |commune status = Commune |image = Spézet (29) Mairie.jpg |caption = The town hall in Spézet |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Spézet (Finistère).svg |coordinates = |elevation min m = 45 |elevation max m = 315 |INSEE = 29278 |postal code = 29540 |arrondissement = Châteaulin |canton = Carhaix-Plouguer |mayor = Guy Citérin |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Haute Cornouaille |area km2 = 60.67 |population = |population date = |population footnotes =
Spézet (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to Cornouaille. It is bounded on the west and north by the river the Aulne and Hyères describing large meanders (Nantes-Brest Canal-channel) while at the southeast end of its territory lies Roc'h Toullaëron, which from its height of 318 m is the culmination of the Black Mountains. The village occupies a small hill whose altitude is around 100 meters northwest of the town. Spézet is border by Saint-Hernin to the east, by Gourin to the southeast, by Roudouallec to the south, by Saint-Goazec to the southwest, by Châteauneuf-du-Faou to the west and by Plonévez-du-Faou, Landeleau and Cleden-Poher to the north.
Map
Climate
Spézet has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Spézet is 11.5 C. The average annual rainfall is 1164.9 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.5 C, and lowest in January, at around 6.1 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Spézet was 37.4 C on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -12.4 C on 1 February 1997. |location= Spézet (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−2017) |metric first= Y |single line= Y |Jan record high C = 15.5 |Feb record high C = 18.3 |Mar record high C = 23.1 |Apr record high C = 27.6 |May record high C = 30.5 |Jun record high C = 33.3 |Jul record high C = 34.9 |Aug record high C = 37.4 |Sep record high C = 30.8 |Oct record high C = 28.9 |Nov record high C = 21.0 |Dec record high C = 17.3 |year record high C = 37.4 |Jan high C = 8.7 |Feb high C = 9.7 |Mar high C = 12.0 |Apr high C = 14.3 |May high C = 17.5 |Jun high C = 20.7 |Jul high C = 21.9 |Aug high C = 22.4 |Sep high C = 20.1 |Oct high C = 16.3 |Nov high C = 12.0 |Dec high C = 9.0 |year high C = 15.4 |Jan mean C = 6.1 |Feb mean C = 6.6 |Mar mean C = 8.1 |Apr mean C = 9.9 |May mean C = 12.9 |Jun mean C = 15.7 |Jul mean C = 17.3 |Aug mean C = 17.5 |Sep mean C = 15.3 |Oct mean C = 12.7 |Nov mean C = 9.0 |Dec mean C = 6.3 |year mean C = 11.5 |Jan low C = 3.4 |Feb low C = 3.5 |Mar low C = 4.3 |Apr low C = 5.4 |May low C = 8.3 |Jun low C = 10.8 |Jul low C = 12.6 |Aug low C = 12.7 |Sep low C = 10.4 |Oct low C = 9.2 |Nov low C = 6.1 |Dec low C = 3.5 |year low C = 7.5 |Jan record low C = -12.4 |Feb record low C = -8.4 |Mar record low C = -5.5 |Apr record low C = -3.6 |May record low C = -1.0 |Jun record low C = 1.8 |Jul record low C = 5.2 |Aug record low C = 4.7 |Sep record low C = 1.7 |Oct record low C = -3.9 |Nov record low C = -6.7 |Dec record low C = -9.0 |year record low C = -12.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 134.3 |Feb precipitation mm = 111.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 87.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 86.0 |May precipitation mm = 84.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 48.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 64.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 68.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 75.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 126.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 138.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 140.0 |year precipitation mm = 1164.9 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.4 |Feb precipitation days = 13.6 |Mar precipitation days = 13.1 |Apr precipitation days = 12.5 |May precipitation days = 11.1 |Jun precipitation days = 8.1 |Jul precipitation days = 10.6 |Aug precipitation days = 9.0 |Sep precipitation days = 9.1 |Oct precipitation days = 14.6 |Nov precipitation days = 16.8 |Dec precipitation days = 15.8 |year precipitation days = 150.7 |source 1 = Meteociel}}
History
During the Revolt of the Bonnets Rouges ("Red Caps") in 1675, the parishioners involved in the ransacking of the Kergoet castle in Saint-Hernin, owned by the Marquis Le Moyne de Trevigny. The parish is to pay 5000 livres as damages and repairs to the said Marquis for the injury. Four residents of the parish were excluded from the amnesty of 1676.
In 1770, according to Jean-Baptiste Ogée, the parish lands were uncultivated in many parts, especially in the mountains where the soil, poor quality, did not allow residents to take advantage of it. The land was actually good in the north of the parish.
In September and October 1779, an outbreak of dysentery caused about 150 victims in Spézet. Bodies had to be buried without entering the church for fear of contagion, under penalty of a fine of 20 livres.
June 24, 1944, ten resistants arrested in Spézet were shot in Lanvénégen after being sentenced to death by the German military court sitting in Le Faouët.
Population
Inhabitants of Spézet are called in French Spézetois.
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Sights and monuments
- Jardin botanique des Montagnes Noires
- Manoir de Menez Kamm (where lived the adventurer and reporter, the Countess Vefa de Saint-Pierre);
- Manoir du Bois Garin;
- Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, consacrée en 17198 et son ossuaire;
- Chapelle du Krann (vitraux du XVIe siècle et bas-reliefs) et son ossuaire;
- Panorama du roc de Toull al Laëron;
- Éperon rocheux de Kudel;
- Alignement des menhirs du "Bois du Duc";
- Allée couverte de Kerbasquet
Twin towns
Spézet is twinned with the village of Roundwood, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
References
References
- (9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- "Normales et records pour Spezet (29)". Meteociel.
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 36805. Spézet
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-29278#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
- [http://www.roundwood.ie/NewsLetters/news2004/janfeb2004/janfeb2004.html Roundwood School News] {{webarchive. link. (2007-11-19 Roundwood.ie. Published in 02-04. Retrieved on 11-12-07.)
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