Palluau
Palluau | |
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 The church and lake in Palluau | |
.SVG) Coat of arms | |
Location of Palluau  | |
  Palluau  Palluau | |
| Coordinates: 46°48′21″N 1°37′06″W / 46.8058°N 1.6183°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Challans |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marcelle Barreteau[1] |
| Area 1 | 7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,111 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85169 /85670 |
| Elevation | 18–64 m (59–210 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Palluau (French pronunciation: [palɥo]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Palluau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Palluau is 12.6 °C (54.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 928.6 mm (36.56 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.7 °C (67.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Palluau was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Palluau (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1989−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
39.3 (102.7) |
41.7 (107.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
30.8 (87.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100.4 (3.95) |
79.5 (3.13) |
67.3 (2.65) |
68.8 (2.71) |
66.0 (2.60) |
49.1 (1.93) |
47.1 (1.85) |
54.9 (2.16) |
69.2 (2.72) |
100.6 (3.96) |
113.5 (4.47) |
112.2 (4.42) |
928.6 (36.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.3 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 127.2 |
| 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 13, 2022.
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