Lunas, Hérault
Lunas | |
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![]() Chateau of Lunas (restaurant) | |
Coordinates: 43°47′13″N 3°11′49″E / 43.787°N 3.197°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hérault |
Arrondissement | Béziers |
Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Aurélien Manenc[1] |
Area 1 | 44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 670 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 34144 /34650 |
Elevation | 234–768 m (768–2,520 ft) (avg. 281 m or 922 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Lunas (French pronunciation: [lynas]; Occitan: Lunaç) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
It is situated on the D35 between Lodève and Bédarieux.
Geography
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Climate
[edit]Lunas has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Lunas is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,146.0 mm (45.12 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lunas was 41.0 °C (105.8 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) on 2 March 2005.
Climate data for Lunas (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 39.8 (103.6) | 38.1 (100.6) | 41.0 (105.8) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 41.0 (105.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.1 (84.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 13.1 (55.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 19.0 (66.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 13.4 (56.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.0 (35.6) | 7.7 (45.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) | −9.0 (15.8) | −10.4 (13.3) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | −2.2 (28.0) | −9.2 (15.4) | −9.3 (15.3) | −10.4 (13.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114.5 (4.51) | 97.5 (3.84) | 68.7 (2.70) | 105.0 (4.13) | 85.2 (3.35) | 51.7 (2.04) | 33.0 (1.30) | 51.8 (2.04) | 99.0 (3.90) | 161.3 (6.35) | 144.0 (5.67) | 134.3 (5.29) | 1,146 (45.12) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 85.4 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 482 | — |
1968 | 670 | +39.0% |
1975 | 609 | −9.1% |
1982 | 604 | −0.8% |
1990 | 591 | −2.2% |
1999 | 638 | +8.0% |
2008 | 650 | +1.9% |
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.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Lunas (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
External links
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