Tournay (French pronunciation: [tuʁnaj] ; Gascon: Tornai) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, southwestern France. Tournay station has rail connections to Toulouse, Tarbes and Pau.
Tournay | |
|---|---|
 The Place d'Astarac | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Tournay  | |
  Tournay  Tournay | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 0°15′E / 43.18°N 0.25°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses |
| Intercommunality | Coteaux du Val d'Arros |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nicolas Datas Tapie[1] |
Area 1 | 14.32 km2 (5.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,230 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65447 /65190 |
| Elevation | 249–511 m (817–1,677 ft) (avg. 233 m or 764 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editTournay has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Tournay is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 998.7 mm (39.32 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.6 °C (69.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Tournay was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −16.3 °C (2.7 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Tournay (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1970−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.6 (105.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.3 (2.7) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.0 (3.43) |
71.5 (2.81) |
80.7 (3.18) |
107.6 (4.24) |
114.8 (4.52) |
75.6 (2.98) |
58.4 (2.30) |
65.5 (2.58) |
74.2 (2.92) |
81.2 (3.20) |
91.9 (3.62) |
90.3 (3.56) |
998.7 (39.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.6 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 117.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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