Tourbes
Tourbes | |
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The church of Tourbes | |
Coordinates: 43°26′48″N 3°22′46″E / 43.4467°N 3.3794°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hérault |
Arrondissement | Béziers |
Canton | Pézenas |
Intercommunality | CA Hérault Méditerranée |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Lionel Puche[1] |
Area 1 | 15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,829 |
• Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 34311 /34120 |
Elevation | 11–103 m (36–338 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tourbes (French pronunciation: [tuʁb]; Occitan: Torbes) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Tourbes has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Tourbes is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 631.5 mm (24.86 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 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Tourbes was 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.1 °C (13.8 °F) on 22 November 1998.
Climate data for Tourbes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 43.0 (109.4) | 38.1 (100.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.2 (97.2) | 32.8 (91.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 43.0 (109.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 20.2 (68.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 14.9 (58.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.6 (49.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) | −8.1 (17.4) | −9.8 (14.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.1 (39.4) | −2.1 (28.2) | −10.1 (13.8) | −8.5 (16.7) | −10.1 (13.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.7 (2.43) | 55.6 (2.19) | 29.8 (1.17) | 54.2 (2.13) | 51.6 (2.03) | 27.1 (1.07) | 16.4 (0.65) | 29.6 (1.17) | 69.1 (2.72) | 91.2 (3.59) | 79.0 (3.11) | 66.2 (2.61) | 631.5 (24.86) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 59.6 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
Population[edit]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 766 | — |
1968 | 767 | +0.1% |
1975 | 740 | −3.5% |
1982 | 833 | +12.6% |
1990 | 1,022 | +22.7% |
1999 | 1,276 | +24.9% |
2008 | 1,462 | +14.6% |
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 Pezenas-Tourbes (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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