Les Orres
Les Orres | |
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 A view of a hamlet in Les Orres | |
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Location of Les Orres  | |
  Les Orres  Les Orres | |
| Coordinates: 44°30′53″N 6°33′05″E / 44.5147°N 6.5514°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Gap |
| Canton | Embrun |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Vollaire[1] |
| Area 1 | 74.79 km2 (28.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 519 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05098 /05200 |
| Elevation | 1,198–2,914 m (3,930–9,560 ft) (avg. 1,460 m or 4,790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Orres (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɔʁ]; Occitan: Los Uèris) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
It is chiefly known for its ski resort: 38 alpine skiing runs, 100 km (62 mi) of runs.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Les Orres has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Les Orres is 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 850.8 mm (33.50 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.4 °C (61.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around −0.5 °C (31.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Orres was 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) on 5 July 1936; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 3 January 1979.
| Climate data for Les Orres (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1935−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 34.2 (93.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.7 (40.5) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.6 (36.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | 0.4 (32.7) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −5.3 (22.5) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | −1.1 (30.0) | −3.9 (25.0) | 2.0 (35.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −20.9 (−5.6) | −11.0 (12.2) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.2 (26.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.0 (19.4) | −14.6 (5.7) | −13.5 (7.7) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.1 (2.21) | 45.0 (1.77) | 54.8 (2.16) | 77.7 (3.06) | 84.4 (3.32) | 84.2 (3.31) | 54.1 (2.13) | 64.2 (2.53) | 84.7 (3.33) | 94.8 (3.73) | 79.7 (3.14) | 71.1 (2.80) | 850.8 (33.50) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 91.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 235 | — |
| 1975 | 307 | +3.89% |
| 1982 | 429 | +4.90% |
| 1990 | 455 | +0.74% |
| 1999 | 446 | −0.22% |
| 2009 | 511 | +1.37% |
| 2014 | 550 | +1.48% |
| 2020 | 530 | −0.62% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Les Orres (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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