Aiguines
Aiguines Aiguina (Occitan) | |
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Coordinates: 43°46′33″N 6°14′35″E / 43.7757°N 6.2431°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Brignoles |
Canton | Flayosc |
Intercommunality | Lacs et Gorges du Verdon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Charles-Antoine Mordelet[1] |
Area 1 | 114.43 km2 (44.18 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 270 |
• Density | 2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83002 /83630 |
Elevation | 470–1,572 m (1,542–5,157 ft) (avg. 817 m or 2,680 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aiguines (French pronunciation: [ɛɡin]; Occitan: Aiguina) is a rural commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
It is located within the arrondissement of Brignoles, 18 km (11.1 mi) southwest of Castellane in neighbouring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the departmental border with which Aiguines is located on, following the flow of the Verdon River. In 2019, Aiguines had a population of 270.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Aiguines has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Aiguines is 13.6 °C (56.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 805.6 mm (31.72 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.1 °C (73.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Aiguines was 42.3 °C (108.1 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) on 7 February 2012.
Climate data for Aiguines (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) | 24.1 (75.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 42.3 (108.1) | 38.1 (100.6) | 39.2 (102.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 42.3 (108.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 19.7 (67.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 13.6 (56.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.5 (36.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.6 (49.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.3 (34.3) | 7.6 (45.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −12.2 (10.0) | −8.5 (16.7) | −3.1 (26.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.5 (47.3) | 1.9 (35.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | −6.3 (20.7) | −9.2 (15.4) | −12.2 (10.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63.8 (2.51) | 53.5 (2.11) | 62.3 (2.45) | 78.2 (3.08) | 80.8 (3.18) | 64.5 (2.54) | 35.3 (1.39) | 52.3 (2.06) | 54.2 (2.13) | 88.7 (3.49) | 100.3 (3.95) | 71.7 (2.82) | 805.6 (31.72) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 74.5 |
Source: Météo-France[3] |
Demographics[edit]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 165 | — |
1975 | 132 | −3.14% |
1982 | 161 | +2.88% |
1990 | 207 | +3.19% |
1999 | 219 | +0.63% |
2007 | 255 | +1.92% |
2012 | 269 | +1.07% |
2017 | 276 | +0.52% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links[edit]
- (in German) Pictures of Aiguines
- Official website