Comps-sur-Artuby (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ps syʁ aʁtybi], literally Comps on Artuby; Occitan: Comps d'Artubi) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Comps-sur-Artuby | |
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 Sainte Philomène Church | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Comps-sur-Artuby  | |
  Comps-sur-Artuby  Comps-sur-Artuby | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′39″N 6°30′34″E / 43.7108°N 6.5094°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Flayosc |
| Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Barale[1] |
Area 1 | 63.49 km2 (24.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 339 |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83044 /83840 |
| Elevation | 736–1,178 m (2,415–3,865 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the Gorges du Verdon.
Geography
editClimate
editComps-sur-Artuby has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Comps-sur-Artuby is 11.3 °C (52.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,010.2 mm (39.77 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.3 °C (68.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C (38.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Comps-sur-Artuby was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.2 °C (−2.6 °F) on 23 January 1963.
| Climate data for Comps-sur-Artuby (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1952−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.1 (100.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.2 (−2.6) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 71.8 (2.83) |
61.8 (2.43) |
74.5 (2.93) |
93.4 (3.68) |
89.5 (3.52) |
81.0 (3.19) |
28.5 (1.12) |
43.0 (1.69) |
72.1 (2.84) |
126.1 (4.96) |
166.8 (6.57) |
101.7 (4.00) |
1,010.2 (39.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 77.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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