Montfort-sur-Argens
Montfort-sur-Argens | |
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 The village seen from the church car park | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Montfort-sur-Argens  | |
  Montfort-sur-Argens  Montfort-sur-Argens | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′30″N 6°07′21″E / 43.475000°N 6.122500°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Brignoles |
| Intercommunality | CA Provence Verte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Audibert[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.92 km2 (4.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,466 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83083 /83570 |
| Elevation | 129–344 m (423–1,129 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montfort-sur-Argens (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɔʁ syʁ aʁʒɑ̃(s)], literally Montfort on Argens; Occitan: Montfòrt d'Argenç) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Montfort-sur-Argens has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montfort-sur-Argens is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 789.3 mm (31.07 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montfort-sur-Argens was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 8 January 1985.
| Climate data for Montfort-sur-Argens (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1980−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
42.5 (108.5) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.8 (105.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.3 (2.57) |
45.8 (1.80) |
43.2 (1.70) |
68.8 (2.71) |
63.6 (2.50) |
51.2 (2.02) |
25.4 (1.00) |
31.0 (1.22) |
85.6 (3.37) |
114.4 (4.50) |
122.7 (4.83) |
72.3 (2.85) |
789.3 (31.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 66.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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