Arreau
Arreau | |
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 The town hall square | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Arreau  | |
  Arreau  Arreau | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 0°21′35″E / 42.9061°N 0.3597°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Neste, Aure et Louron |
| Intercommunality | CC Aure Louron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Carrère[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 752 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65031 /65240 |
| Elevation | 658–1,756 m (2,159–5,761 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arreau (French pronunciation: [aʁo]; Occitan: Àrreu) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.[3]
It is situated on the former Route nationale 618, the Route of the Pyrénées. Arreau is at the crossroads of the Louron valley and the Aure valley.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Arreau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arreau is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.8 mm (35.23 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.6 °C (63.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C (35.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arreau was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 3 February 1956.
| Climate data for Arreau (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1943−2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.0 (100.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.4 (48.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 4.7 (40.5) | 0.3 (32.5) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.7 (38.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −8.2 (17.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.0 (33.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | −7.5 (18.5) | −15.8 (3.6) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90.0 (3.54) | 60.9 (2.40) | 70.2 (2.76) | 84.6 (3.33) | 88.2 (3.47) | 66.7 (2.63) | 59.4 (2.34) | 61.2 (2.41) | 62.4 (2.46) | 70.9 (2.79) | 93.2 (3.67) | 87.1 (3.43) | 894.8 (35.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 118.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 936 | — |
| 1975 | 913 | −0.35% |
| 1982 | 816 | −1.59% |
| 1990 | 853 | +0.56% |
| 1999 | 823 | −0.40% |
| 2009 | 786 | −0.46% |
| 2014 | 798 | +0.30% |
| 2020 | 772 | −0.55% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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