Alzon
Alzon | |
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Coordinates: 43°58′04″N 3°26′25″E / 43.9678°N 3.4403°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Gard |
Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
Canton | Le Vigan |
Intercommunality | Pays Viganais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Roger Laurens[1] |
Area 1 | 27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 173 |
• Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 30009 /30770 |
Elevation | 502–1,414 m (1,647–4,639 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Alzon (French pronunciation: [alzɔ̃]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
The commune is located in the south of the Cévennes National Park, in the upper Vis river valley.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Alzon has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Alzon is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,372.8 mm (54.05 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.1 °C (68.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.0 °C (39.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Alzon was 39.3 °C (102.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.4 °C (7.9 °F) on 1 March 2005.
Climate data for Alzon (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 39.3 (102.7) | 37.2 (99.0) | 39.2 (102.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 29.2 (84.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 39.3 (102.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.5 (72.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 17.0 (62.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | 11.5 (52.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.6 (40.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 0.6 (33.1) | 6.0 (42.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) | −13.1 (8.4) | −13.4 (7.9) | −6.0 (21.2) | −2.4 (27.7) | 1.4 (34.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.8 (38.8) | −0.7 (30.7) | −4.6 (23.7) | −9.9 (14.2) | −12.8 (9.0) | −13.4 (7.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 129.4 (5.09) | 84.3 (3.32) | 101.7 (4.00) | 132.2 (5.20) | 102.0 (4.02) | 68.7 (2.70) | 38.3 (1.51) | 61.1 (2.41) | 131.2 (5.17) | 188.9 (7.44) | 195.5 (7.70) | 139.5 (5.49) | 1,372.8 (54.05) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.3 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 108.8 |
Source: Météo-France[3] |
Population[edit]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 280 | — |
1975 | 237 | −2.35% |
1982 | 201 | −2.33% |
1990 | 183 | −1.17% |
1999 | 208 | +1.43% |
2009 | 221 | +0.61% |
2014 | 193 | −2.67% |
2020 | 173 | −1.81% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Sights[edit]
See also[edit]
- Communes of the Gard department
- Waitangi, Chatham Islands, the antipode of Alzon
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). Météo-France. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE