Les Landes-Genusson (French pronunciation: [le lɑ̃d ʒənysɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Les Landes-Genusson | |
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 The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Les Landes-Genusson | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Les Landes-Genusson  | |
  Les Landes-Genusson  Les Landes-Genusson | |
| Coordinates: 46°57′59″N 1°07′02″W / 46.9664°N 1.1172°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Mortagne-sur-Sèvre |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mortagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Girard[1] |
Area 1 | 31.33 km2 (12.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,506 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85119 /85130 |
| Elevation | 53–121 m (174–397 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
editLes Landes-Genusson has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Les Landes-Genusson is 12.2 °C (54.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 906.4 mm (35.69 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Landes-Genusson was 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.8 °C (10.8 °F) on 1 March 2005.
| Climate data for Les Landes-Genusson (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1992−2017) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
38.7 (101.7) |
40.1 (104.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
40.1 (104.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 95.8 (3.77) |
73.0 (2.87) |
61.7 (2.43) |
70.9 (2.79) |
68.0 (2.68) |
41.1 (1.62) |
52.1 (2.05) |
62.9 (2.48) |
71.5 (2.81) |
103.3 (4.07) |
103.4 (4.07) |
102.7 (4.04) |
906.4 (35.69) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 127.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,632 | — |
| 1975 | 1,792 | +1.35% |
| 1982 | 1,941 | +1.15% |
| 1990 | 2,004 | +0.40% |
| 1999 | 1,986 | −0.10% |
| 2007 | 2,265 | +1.66% |
| 2012 | 2,269 | +0.04% |
| 2017 | 2,387 | +1.02% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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 13, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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