Laragne-Montéglin
Laragne-Montéglin | |
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 The entrance portal of the remains of the castle of Laragne | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Laragne-Montéglin  | |
  Laragne-Montéglin  Laragne-Montéglin | |
| Coordinates: 44°18′57″N 5°49′20″E / 44.3158°N 5.8222°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Gap |
| Canton | Laragne-Montéglin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Duprat[1] |
Area 1 | 23.51 km2 (9.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,585 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05070 /05300 |
| Elevation | 544–1,240 m (1,785–4,068 ft) (avg. 573 m or 1,880 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Laragne-Montéglin (French pronunciation: [laʁaɲ mɔ̃teɡlɛ̃]; Occitan: L'Aranha Montaiglin) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Laragne-Montéglin has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Laragne-Montéglin is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 815.2 mm (32.09 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.0 °C (71.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Laragne-Montéglin was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 26 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.4 °C (0.7 °F) on 18 December 2010.
| Climate data for Laragne-Montéglin (1981–2010 averages, 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) | 20.6 (69.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.6 (103.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68.6 (2.70) |
40.6 (1.60) |
36.0 (1.42) |
79.7 (3.14) |
73.5 (2.89) |
53.0 (2.09) |
37.4 (1.47) |
50.4 (1.98) |
98.1 (3.86) |
99.6 (3.92) |
107.0 (4.21) |
71.3 (2.81) |
815.2 (32.09) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 79.5 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,579 | — |
| 1975 | 3,847 | +1.04% |
| 1982 | 3,647 | −0.76% |
| 1990 | 3,371 | −0.98% |
| 1999 | 3,296 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 3,508 | +0.78% |
| 2012 | 3,579 | +0.40% |
| 2017 | 3,511 | −0.38% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Laragne Monteglin (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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