Colognac
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Colognac | |
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 The Mouleyrette mill | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Colognac  | |
  Colognac  Colognac | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′46″N 3°49′22″E / 44.0294°N 3.8228°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Quissac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cyrille Bresset |
| Area 1 | 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Population | 214 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30087 /30460 |
| Elevation | 318–997 m (1,043–3,271 ft) (avg. 569 m or 1,867 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Colognac (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔɲak]; Occitan: Colonhac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Colognac has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Colognac is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,502.4 mm (59.15 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.1 °C (70.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C (40.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Colognac was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 21 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Colognac (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1992−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
40.9 (105.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 123.4 (4.86) |
86.3 (3.40) |
103.0 (4.06) |
132.6 (5.22) |
124.1 (4.89) |
65.9 (2.59) |
43.6 (1.72) |
59.8 (2.35) |
165.7 (6.52) |
217.3 (8.56) |
221.7 (8.73) |
159.0 (6.26) |
1,502.4 (59.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.0 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 89.8 |
| Source: Météo-France | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 77 | — |
| 1968 | 142 | +84.4% |
| 1975 | 154 | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 164 | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 167 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 169 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 205 | +21.3% |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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