Arrens-Marsous (French pronunciation: [aʁɛ̃s maʁsus]; Occitan: Arrens e Marçós) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.[3] It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Arrens and Marsous.[4]
Arrens-Marsous | |
|---|---|
 The centre of the village | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Arrens-Marsous  | |
  Arrens-Marsous  Arrens-Marsous | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′23″N 0°12′42″W / 42.9564°N 0.2117°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Cazaux[1] |
| Area 1 | 100.55 km2 (38.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 691 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65032 /65400 |
| Elevation | 720–3,144 m (2,362–10,315 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In the village, the Maison du Val d'Azun is an information centre and small museum of the area.
Geography
editClimate
editArrens-Marsous has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arrens-Marsous is 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,146.3 mm (45.13 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C (38.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arrens-Marsous was 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) on 20 July 1989; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 14 January 1985.
| Climate data for Arrens-Marsous (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1936−2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 108.2 (4.26) |
79.9 (3.15) |
87.6 (3.45) |
115.1 (4.53) |
107.7 (4.24) |
81.9 (3.22) |
73.3 (2.89) |
76.4 (3.01) |
83.5 (3.29) |
95.3 (3.75) |
121.5 (4.78) |
115.9 (4.56) |
1,146.3 (45.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.9 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 132.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 782 | — |
| 1975 | 726 | −1.06% |
| 1982 | 711 | −0.30% |
| 1990 | 721 | +0.17% |
| 1999 | 697 | −0.38% |
| 2009 | 741 | +0.61% |
| 2014 | 721 | −0.55% |
| 2020 | 687 | −0.80% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
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.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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