Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe | |
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_mairie.jpg) The town hall in Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe  | |
  Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe  Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe | |
| Coordinates: 50°07′56″N 3°54′16″E / 50.1322°N 3.9044°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nicolas Dosen[1] |
| Area 1 | 15.41 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 800 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59534 /59440 |
| Elevation | 140–206 m (459–676 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ syʁ ɛlp], literally Saint-Hilaire on Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 802.4 mm (31.59 in) with August as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.5 °C (65.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C (37.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.5 °C (−1.3 °F) on 7 January 2009.
| Climate data for Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 36.6 (97.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.6 (49.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.7 (58.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 3.8 (38.8) | 10.5 (50.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 4.2 (39.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.4 (43.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −16.1 (3.0) | −12.0 (10.4) | −4.8 (23.4) | −1.6 (29.1) | 1.6 (34.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 1.3 (34.3) | −3.3 (26.1) | −6.4 (20.5) | −12.0 (10.4) | −18.5 (−1.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.9 (2.44) | 64.1 (2.52) | 64.5 (2.54) | 42.6 (1.68) | 69.2 (2.72) | 71.5 (2.81) | 72.0 (2.83) | 86.6 (3.41) | 51.2 (2.02) | 66.0 (2.60) | 68.1 (2.68) | 84.7 (3.33) | 802.4 (31.59) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.4 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 131.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Heraldry
[edit] | The arms of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe are blazoned : Azure, a cross moline argent, charged with a mullet of 6 points azure.
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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.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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