Mandagout (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃daɡu]; Occitan: Mandagon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The 18th-century French pharmacist, chemist and encyclopediste Jacques Montet (1722-1782) was born in Mandagout.
Mandagout | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mandagout  | |
  Mandagout  Mandagout | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′18″N 3°37′34″E / 44.0216°N 3.6261°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Le Vigan |
| Intercommunality | Pays Viganais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Emmanuel Grieu[1] |
Area 1 | 15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 379 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30154 /30120 |
| Elevation | 239–1,240 m (784–4,068 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 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
editMandagout has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Mandagout is 13.0 °C (55.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,538.0 mm (60.55 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.2 °C (72.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Mandagout was 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Mandagout (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1983−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
44.2 (111.6) |
38.7 (101.7) |
40.2 (104.4) |
35.4 (95.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
44.2 (111.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.3 (43.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139.5 (5.49) |
102.4 (4.03) |
78.5 (3.09) |
145.4 (5.72) |
117.4 (4.62) |
70.5 (2.78) |
37.9 (1.49) |
60.7 (2.39) |
161.6 (6.36) |
238.7 (9.40) |
208.3 (8.20) |
177.1 (6.97) |
1,538 (60.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 95.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 246 | — |
| 1968 | 296 | +20.3% |
| 1975 | 250 | −15.5% |
| 1982 | 255 | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 290 | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 331 | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 367 | +10.9% |
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 2 September 2022.
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