Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
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| Coordinates: 44°05′07″N 4°04′39″E / 44.0853°N 4.0775°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-1 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Charles Benezet[1] |
Area 1 | 20.25 km2 (7.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,199 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30243 /30380 |
| Elevation | 103–391 m (338–1,283 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kʁistɔl lez‿alɛs], literally Saint-Christol near Alès; Occitan: Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Climate
[edit]Temperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès and Conqueyrac on 12 August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.[3] They were France's highest temperatures ever recorded until 28 June 2019, when temperatures reached as high as 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in southern France.[4]
| Climate data for Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1949−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 43.4 (110.1) | 40.5 (104.9) | 44.1 (111.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 6.9 (44.4) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 5.3 (41.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | 8.8 (47.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) | −17.8 (0.0) | −10.0 (14.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | −2.5 (27.5) | −7.5 (18.5) | −13.0 (8.6) | −17.8 (0.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.1 (3.23) | 55.7 (2.19) | 72.9 (2.87) | 83.1 (3.27) | 77.7 (3.06) | 49.1 (1.93) | 38.5 (1.52) | 50.3 (1.98) | 160.6 (6.32) | 153.5 (6.04) | 133.2 (5.24) | 89.8 (3.54) | 1,046.5 (41.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 77.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Météo France
- ^ "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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