Valflaunès (French pronunciation: [valflonɛs]; Occitan: Valfaunés) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region southern France.
Valflaunès | |
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 The church of Valflaunès | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Valflaunès  | |
  Valflaunès  Valflaunès | |
| Coordinates: 43°48′05″N 3°52′21″E / 43.8014°N 3.8725°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Lodève |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Fabre[1] |
Area 1 | 21.04 km2 (8.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 784 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34322 /34270 |
| Elevation | 109–640 m (358–2,100 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 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
editValflaunès has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Valflaunès is 14.5 °C (58.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 984.5 mm (38.76 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Valflaunès was 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.4 °C (6.1 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Valflaunès (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990−2012) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.8 (101.8) |
42.4 (108.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
42.4 (108.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
6.6 (43.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.7 (3.37) |
62.0 (2.44) |
51.0 (2.01) |
79.6 (3.13) |
83.4 (3.28) |
42.8 (1.69) |
27.8 (1.09) |
43.3 (1.70) |
134.2 (5.28) |
159.2 (6.27) |
100.0 (3.94) |
115.5 (4.55) |
984.5 (38.76) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 70.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 230 | — |
| 1968 | 251 | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 250 | −0.4% |
| 1982 | 398 | +59.2% |
| 1990 | 604 | +51.8% |
| 1999 | 655 | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 714 | +9.0% |
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Valflaunes-Plaine (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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