Coray, Finistère

Coray Kore
Commune
The church in Coray
Coat of arms
Location of Coray
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Coordinates: 48°03′43″N 3°49′43″W / 48.0619°N 3.8286°W / 48.0619; -3.8286
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Briec
Intercommunality	Haute Cornouaille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joëlle Le Bihan[1]
Area 1	31.36 km2 (12.11 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,869
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29041 /29370
Elevation	75–257 m (246–843 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coray (French pronunciation: [kɔʁɛ]; Breton: Kore) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

It lies on the river Odet.

Coray has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Coray is 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,397.1 mm (55.00 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Coray was 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.7 °C (12.7 °F) on 2 January 1997.

Inhabitants of Coray are called in French Corayens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,272 —     1800 1,488 +2.27% 1806 1,227 −3.16% 1821 1,443 +1.09% 1831 1,640 +1.29% 1836 1,847 +2.41% 1841 1,834 −0.14% 1846 1,809 −0.27% 1851 1,976 +1.78% 1856 1,855 −1.26% 1861 1,992 +1.44% 1866 2,139 +1.43% 1872 2,076 −0.50% 1876 2,275 +2.31% 1881 2,410 +1.16% 1886 2,532 +0.99% 1891 2,572 +0.31% 1896 2,565 −0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,760 +1.48% 1906 2,705 −0.40% 1911 2,752 +0.35% 1921 2,445 −1.18% 1926 2,366 −0.65% 1931 2,189 −1.54% 1936 2,127 −0.57% 1946 2,049 −0.37% 1954 2,006 −0.26% 1962 1,841 −1.07% 1968 1,787 −0.49% 1975 1,768 −0.15% 1982 1,737 −0.25% 1990 1,623 −0.84% 1999 1,625 +0.01% 2007 1,778 +1.13% 2012 1,888 +1.21% 2017 1,896 +0.08%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Topographic map

• Communes of the Finistère department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coray.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)

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