Belcaire
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Belcaire | |
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Coordinates: 42°48′58″N 1°57′25″E / 42.816°N 1.957°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Limoux |
Canton | La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–2026) | Jean-Pierre Adroit[1] |
Area 1 | 30.68 km2 (11.85 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 373 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11028 /11340 |
Elevation | 696–1,546 m (2,283–5,072 ft) (avg. 1,052 m or 3,451 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Belcaire (French pronunciation: [bɛlkɛʁ] ; Occitan: Bèlcaire) is a commune in the Aude department, part of the ancient Languedoc province and the present-day Occitanie region in southern France.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 585 | — |
1968 | 504 | −13.8% |
1975 | 463 | −8.1% |
1982 | 421 | −9.1% |
1990 | 360 | −14.5% |
1999 | 392 | +8.9% |
2008 | 425 | +8.4% |
Climate
[edit]On average, Belcaire experiences 77.2 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 1.2 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 7.0 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 5.6 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 36.4 °C (97.5 °F) on 18 July 2023, while the record low temperature was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 16 January 1985.[3]
Climate data for Belcaire (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1979–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 32.2 (90.0) | 35.4 (95.7) | 36.4 (97.5) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 36.4 (97.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.6 (58.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.8 (49.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 1.8 (35.2) | −0.3 (31.5) | 5.1 (41.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) | −15.6 (3.9) | −14.3 (6.3) | −5.8 (21.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | −4.5 (23.9) | −10.1 (13.8) | −13.0 (8.6) | −17.0 (1.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100.3 (3.95) | 77.8 (3.06) | 79.3 (3.12) | 108.5 (4.27) | 108.4 (4.27) | 83.1 (3.27) | 53.5 (2.11) | 57.6 (2.27) | 73.2 (2.88) | 84.2 (3.31) | 114.1 (4.49) | 92.4 (3.64) | 1,032.4 (40.64) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 119.4 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Belcaire". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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