Montarnaud
Montarnaud | |
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 Château and the nineteenth century church. | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Montarnaud | |
  Montarnaud  Montarnaud | |
| Coordinates: 43°39′00″N 3°41′59″E / 43.65°N 3.6997°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Gignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Pugens[1] |
Area 1 | 27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,186 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34163 /34570 |
| Elevation | 95–315 m (312–1,033 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montarnaud (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃taʁno]) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Montarnaud has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montarnaud is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 869.9 mm (34.25 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montarnaud was 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Montarnaud (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 34.0 (93.2) | 44.1 (111.4) | 40.5 (104.9) | 41.5 (106.7) | 34.8 (94.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.9 (71.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.6 (54.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 2.2 (36.0) | 8.4 (47.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) | −11.2 (11.8) | −9.0 (15.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.5 (32.9) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | −5.0 (23.0) | −8.5 (16.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.5 (3.17) | 65.2 (2.57) | 43.6 (1.72) | 71.1 (2.80) | 62.7 (2.47) | 40.6 (1.60) | 26.3 (1.04) | 39.5 (1.56) | 98.2 (3.87) | 132.1 (5.20) | 103.5 (4.07) | 106.6 (4.20) | 869.9 (34.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 67.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 602 | — |
| 1975 | 675 | +1.65% |
| 1982 | 1,016 | +6.02% |
| 1990 | 1,689 | +6.56% |
| 1999 | 2,350 | +3.74% |
| 2007 | 2,466 | +0.60% |
| 2012 | 2,553 | +0.70% |
| 2017 | 3,754 | +8.02% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Montarnaud (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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