Ploudalmézeau
Ploudalmézeau is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
The village and port of Portsall is part of the commune. The Amoco Cadiz oil tanker ran aground off Portsall in 1978, causing a large crude oil spill.
Geography
Climate
Ploudalmézeau has an oceanic climate. The average annual temperature in Ploudalmézeau is. The average annual rainfall is with November 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 Ploudalmézeau was on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 28 February 2018.
Ploudalmézeau is twinned with Cullompton, Devon.
Breton language
In 2008, 11.69% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.
On 16 March 1978, Amoco Cadiz, a very large crude carrier, owned by Amoco, split in three after running aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km from the coast of Portsall, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.