Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kʁistɔl lez‿alɛs], literally Saint-Christol near Alès; Occitan: Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Saint-Christol-lès-Alès | |
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 The Pyramid, erected in 1777 | |
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Location of Saint-Christol-lès-Alès  | |
  Saint-Christol-lès-Alès  Saint-Christol-lès-Alès | |
| Coordinates: 44°05′07″N 4°04′39″E / 44.0853°N 4.0775°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-1 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Charles Benezet[1] |
Area 1 | 20.25 km2 (7.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,115 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30243 /30380 |
| Elevation | 103–391 m (338–1,283 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Climate
editTemperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès and Conqueyrac on 12 August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.[3] They were France's highest temperatures ever recorded until 28 June 2019, when temperatures reached as high as 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in southern France.[4]
| Climate data for Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1949−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
43.4 (110.1) |
40.5 (104.9) |
44.1 (111.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.0 (89.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.1 (3.23) |
55.7 (2.19) |
72.9 (2.87) |
83.1 (3.27) |
77.7 (3.06) |
49.1 (1.93) |
38.5 (1.52) |
50.3 (1.98) |
160.6 (6.32) |
153.5 (6.04) |
133.2 (5.24) |
89.8 (3.54) |
1,046.5 (41.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 77.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Météo France
- ^ "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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