Prades-le-Lez
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 A general view of Prades-le-Lez | |
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| Coordinates: 43°42′00″N 3°51′56″E / 43.7°N 3.8656°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier |
| Canton | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc |
| Intercommunality | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florence Brau[1] |
Area 1 | 8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 6,207 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34217 /34730 |
| Elevation | 53–134 m (174–440 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Prades-le-Lez (French pronunciation: [pʁad lə lɛz] ⓘ; Occitan: Pradas de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Prades-le-Lez has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Prades-le-Lez is 14.3 °C (57.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 852.2 mm (33.55 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Prades-le-Lez was 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
| Climate data for Prades-le-Lez (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) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.7 (94.5) | 44.4 (111.9) | 39.5 (103.1) | 42.0 (107.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 34.3 (93.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 44.4 (111.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 9.9 (49.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 1.9 (35.4) | 8.1 (46.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) | −14.6 (5.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | −4.5 (23.9) | −9.6 (14.7) | −10.3 (13.5) | −14.6 (5.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.2 (3.08) | 68.3 (2.69) | 43.6 (1.72) | 70.1 (2.76) | 61.1 (2.41) | 46.0 (1.81) | 24.1 (0.95) | 40.3 (1.59) | 106.0 (4.17) | 117.7 (4.63) | 99.7 (3.93) | 97.1 (3.82) | 852.2 (33.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 67.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Prades le Lez (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Prades-le-Lez, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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