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 A general view of Sumène | |
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Location of Sumène  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°58′55″N 3°42′58″E / 43.9819°N 3.7161°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Le Vigan |
| Intercommunality | Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ghislain Pallier[1] |
Area 1 | 36.59 km2 (14.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,239 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30325 /30440 |
| Elevation | 175–933 m (574–3,061 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sumène (French pronunciation: [symɛn]; Occitan: Sumena) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Sumène has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Sumène is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,245.5 mm (49.04 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.8 °C (73.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sumène was 41.0 °C (105.8 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.8 °C (7.2 °F) on 15 January 1985.
| Climate data for Sumène (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1978−2011) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 34.8 (94.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 40.8 (105.4) | 41.0 (105.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.3 (86.5) | 25.4 (77.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 19.6 (67.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 13.4 (56.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) | 0.6 (33.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.8 (7.2) | −13.0 (8.6) | −12.0 (10.4) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | 4.5 (40.1) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | −3.0 (26.6) | −8.5 (16.7) | −9.4 (15.1) | −13.8 (7.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97.5 (3.84) | 82.3 (3.24) | 65.0 (2.56) | 107.9 (4.25) | 98.7 (3.89) | 64.2 (2.53) | 37.8 (1.49) | 58.9 (2.32) | 150.7 (5.93) | 192.2 (7.57) | 152.8 (6.02) | 137.5 (5.41) | 1,245.5 (49.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 82.1 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,687 | — |
| 1968 | 1,913 | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 1,702 | −11.0% |
| 1982 | 1,613 | −5.2% |
| 1990 | 1,417 | −12.2% |
| 1999 | 1,492 | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,555 | +4.2% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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