Montclus, Gard
Montclus | |
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.JPG) Distant view of Montclus with vineyards | |
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Location of Montclus  | |
  Montclus  Montclus | |
| Coordinates: 44°15′41″N 4°25′14″E / 44.2614°N 4.4205°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Pont-Saint-Esprit |
| Intercommunality | CA Gard Rhodanien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Benoit Trichot[1] |
| Area 1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 181 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30175 /30630 |
| Elevation | 76–329 m (249–1,079 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montclus is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Montclus has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montclus is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 951.2 mm (37.45 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montclus was 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Montclus (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
43.8 (110.8) |
41.3 (106.3) |
42.9 (109.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
43.8 (110.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.8 (3.02) |
48.8 (1.92) |
54.9 (2.16) |
75.4 (2.97) |
75.2 (2.96) |
49.9 (1.96) |
44.4 (1.75) |
59.8 (2.35) |
132.4 (5.21) |
131.6 (5.18) |
134.1 (5.28) |
67.9 (2.67) |
951.2 (37.45) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 75.0 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 92 | — |
| 1968 | 124 | +34.8% |
| 1975 | 115 | −7.3% |
| 1982 | 139 | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 135 | −2.9% |
| 1999 | 134 | −0.7% |
| 2008 | 151 | +12.7% |
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.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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