Villespassans
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| Coordinates: 43°22′54″N 2°54′59″E / 43.3817°N 2.9164°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Saint-Pons-de-Thomières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Christophe Petit[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.07 km2 (5.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 182 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34339 /34360 |
| Elevation | 138–321 m (453–1,053 ft) (avg. 249 m or 817 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villespassans is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Villespassans has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Villespassans is 14.4 °C (57.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 729.2 mm (28.71 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.3 °C (73.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Villespassans was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Villespassans (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 36.0 (96.8) | 41.0 (105.8) | 38.6 (101.5) | 41.7 (107.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 14.1 (57.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.6 (45.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.9 (39.0) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) | −9.3 (15.3) | −8.5 (16.7) | −0.8 (30.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 8.6 (47.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | −6.0 (21.2) | −8.1 (17.4) | −13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.6 (2.74) | 79.1 (3.11) | 49.6 (1.95) | 61.0 (2.40) | 54.4 (2.14) | 35.4 (1.39) | 19.2 (0.76) | 46.1 (1.81) | 56.6 (2.23) | 107.9 (4.25) | 77.7 (3.06) | 72.6 (2.86) | 729.2 (28.71) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 66.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 132 | — |
| 1968 | 156 | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 136 | −12.8% |
| 1982 | 132 | −2.9% |
| 1990 | 124 | −6.1% |
| 1999 | 126 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 140 | +11.1% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Villespassans (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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