Ribiers
Ribiers  | |
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Part of Val Buëch-Méouge  | |
A view of the village of Ribiers from the Mison road  | |
 ![]() Coat of arms  | |
Location of Ribiers  | |
![]() Ribiers ![]() Ribiers  | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′55″N 5°51′26″E / 44.2319°N 5.8572°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 
| Department | Hautes-Alpes | 
| Arrondissement | Gap | 
| Canton | Ribiers | 
| Commune | Val Buëch-Méouge | 
Area 1  | 36.55 km2 (14.11 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2021)[1]  | 812 | 
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| Postal code | 05300  | 
| Elevation | 464–1,480 m (1,522–4,856 ft)  (avg. 519 m or 1,703 ft)  | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ribiers (French pronunciation: [ʁibje]) is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val Buëch-Méouge.[2]
Geography
Climate
Ribiers has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Ribiers is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 913.5 mm (35.96 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ribiers was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Ribiers (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4)  |  23.3 (73.9)  |  26.3 (79.3)  |  29.0 (84.2)  |  32.4 (90.3)  |  40.9 (105.6)  |  38.2 (100.8)  |  38.9 (102.0)  |  33.4 (92.1)  |  29.8 (85.6)  |  20.8 (69.4)  |  17.6 (63.7)  |  40.9 (105.6)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4)  |  10.2 (50.4)  |  14.7 (58.5)  |  17.1 (62.8)  |  22.1 (71.8)  |  26.3 (79.3)  |  29.7 (85.5)  |  29.3 (84.7)  |  23.9 (75.0)  |  18.3 (64.9)  |  11.3 (52.3)  |  6.7 (44.1)  |  18.1 (64.6)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8)  |  4.3 (39.7)  |  8.1 (46.6)  |  10.6 (51.1)  |  15.1 (59.2)  |  18.7 (65.7)  |  21.6 (70.9)  |  21.3 (70.3)  |  16.8 (62.2)  |  12.5 (54.5)  |  6.5 (43.7)  |  2.5 (36.5)  |  11.7 (53.1)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3)  |  −1.6 (29.1)  |  1.5 (34.7)  |  4.1 (39.4)  |  8.1 (46.6)  |  11.2 (52.2)  |  13.4 (56.1)  |  13.3 (55.9)  |  9.8 (49.6)  |  6.7 (44.1)  |  1.7 (35.1)  |  −1.7 (28.9)  |  5.4 (41.7)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3)  |  −13.9 (7.0)  |  −12.0 (10.4)  |  −4.5 (23.9)  |  −2.0 (28.4)  |  1.5 (34.7)  |  6.2 (43.2)  |  5.5 (41.9)  |  0.3 (32.5)  |  −4.1 (24.6)  |  −10.3 (13.5)  |  −14.1 (6.6)  |  −15.4 (4.3)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.5 (2.89)  |  47.6 (1.87)  |  51.8 (2.04)  |  91.9 (3.62)  |  78.1 (3.07)  |  62.7 (2.47)  |  36.0 (1.42)  |  51.5 (2.03)  |  93.9 (3.70)  |  123.5 (4.86)  |  119.5 (4.70)  |  83.5 (3.29)  |  913.5 (35.96)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 80.2 | 
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% | 
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 485 | — | 
| 1968 | 481 | −0.8% | 
| 1975 | 533 | +10.8% | 
| 1982 | 592 | +11.1% | 
| 1990 | 637 | +7.6% | 
| 1999 | 677 | +6.3% | 
| 2008 | 777 | +14.8% | 
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
 - ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 August 2015 (in French)
 - ^ "Normales et records pour Ribiers-Grange (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
 
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