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DeutschVic-le-Fesq
Vic-le-Fesq | |
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 The town hall of Vic-le-Fesq | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vic-le-Fesq  | |
  Vic-le-Fesq  Vic-le-Fesq | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′12″N 4°04′59″E / 43.87°N 4.083°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Quissac |
| Intercommunality | Piémont Cévenol |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | José Monel[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.63 km2 (3.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 571 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30349 /30260 |
| Elevation | 35–163 m (115–535 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vic-le-Fesq (French pronunciation: [vik lə fɛsk]; Occitan: Vic e lo Fesc) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Vic-le-Fesq has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vic-le-Fesq is 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 844.7 mm (33.26 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.4 °C (74.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vic-le-Fesq was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −16.0 °C (3.2 °F) on 15 January 1985.
| Climate data for Vic-le-Fesq (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1966−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 34.3 (93.7) | 43.3 (109.9) | 39.9 (103.8) | 40.8 (105.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 32.7 (90.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.1 (88.0) | 26.2 (79.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 13.1 (55.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 4.6 (40.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | 7.5 (45.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) | −12.1 (10.2) | −12.1 (10.2) | −4.9 (23.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 5.5 (41.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −9.3 (15.3) | −10.4 (13.3) | −16.0 (3.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.5 (2.66) | 47.1 (1.85) | 52.7 (2.07) | 71.5 (2.81) | 61.7 (2.43) | 48.3 (1.90) | 27.1 (1.07) | 46.6 (1.83) | 126.6 (4.98) | 116.5 (4.59) | 108.9 (4.29) | 70.2 (2.76) | 844.7 (33.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 69.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 178 | — |
| 1968 | 1,999 | +1023.0% |
| 1975 | 231 | −88.4% |
| 1982 | 209 | −9.5% |
| 1990 | 250 | +19.6% |
| 1999 | 295 | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 375 | +27.1% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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