Générargues
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Générargues | |
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 Bambouseraie d'Anduze | |
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Location of Générargues  | |
  Générargues  Générargues | |
| Coordinates: 44°04′58″N 3°59′03″E / 44.0828°N 3.9842°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-1 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Jacot[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 696 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30129 /30140 |
| Elevation | 128–420 m (420–1,378 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Générargues (French pronunciation: [ʒeneʁaʁɡ]; Occitan: Generargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France, around 10 km southwest of Alès.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Générargues has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Générargues is 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,239.7 mm (48.81 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Générargues was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 4 February 1963.
| Climate data for Générargues (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1949−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 37.0 (98.6) | 43.3 (109.9) | 41.0 (105.8) | 42.1 (107.8) | 37.2 (99.0) | 32.9 (91.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 20.6 (69.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 1.5 (34.7) | 7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −17.0 (1.4) | −10.4 (13.3) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −9.5 (14.9) | −13.0 (8.6) | −17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 99.0 (3.90) | 70.4 (2.77) | 91.8 (3.61) | 99.8 (3.93) | 101.5 (4.00) | 49.1 (1.93) | 41.0 (1.61) | 56.1 (2.21) | 171.7 (6.76) | 178.2 (7.02) | 162.3 (6.39) | 118.8 (4.68) | 1,239.7 (48.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 82.1 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 377 | — |
| 1975 | 406 | +1.06% |
| 1982 | 491 | +2.75% |
| 1990 | 546 | +1.34% |
| 1999 | 639 | +1.76% |
| 2009 | 698 | +0.89% |
| 2014 | 714 | +0.45% |
| 2020 | 692 | −0.52% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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