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_-_mairie.JPG) The town hall in Besain | |
Location of Besain  | |
  Besain  Besain | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′11″N 5°47′41″E / 46.7864°N 5.7947°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Dole |
| Canton | Poligny |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Maire[1] |
Area 1 | 12.84 km2 (4.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 156 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 39050 /39800 |
| Elevation | 514–640 m (1,686–2,100 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Besain (French pronunciation: [bəzɛ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 163 | — |
| 1975 | 146 | −1.56% |
| 1982 | 134 | −1.22% |
| 1990 | 146 | +1.08% |
| 1999 | 180 | +2.35% |
| 2009 | 162 | −1.05% |
| 2014 | 154 | −1.01% |
| 2020 | 157 | +0.32% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Climate
[edit]On average, Besain experiences 116.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 11.2 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 17.2 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 25 July 2019, while the record low temperature was −33.0 °C (−27.4 °F) on 2 January 1971.[5]
| Climate data for Besain (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–2021) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.5 (101.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.6 (43.9) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.6 (30.9) | 2.0 (35.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.6 (38.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.0 (−27.4) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −23.5 (−10.3) | −9.5 (14.9) | −8.4 (16.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | 0.2 (32.4) | −0.2 (31.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | −9.0 (15.8) | −19.2 (−2.6) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −33.0 (−27.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 132.8 (5.23) | 118.3 (4.66) | 119.9 (4.72) | 114.4 (4.50) | 139.5 (5.49) | 107.4 (4.23) | 104.4 (4.11) | 113.7 (4.48) | 116.5 (4.59) | 142.8 (5.62) | 159.0 (6.26) | 156.9 (6.18) | 1,525.6 (60.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.0 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 147.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Besain". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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