Puilacher

Puilacher
Commune
A general view of Puilacher
Coat of arms
Location of Puilacher
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Coordinates: 43°34′01″N 3°30′26″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Gignac
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Hérault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Martine Bonnet
Area 1	2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	638
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34222 /34230
Elevation	27–99 m (89–325 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puilacher (French pronunciation: [pɥilaʃe]; Occitan: Puòglatgièr) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Map

The neighboring communes are Le Pouget, Tressan, Plaissan and Bélarga.

Climate

In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the 1971-2000 period. In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a Mediterranean climate and is part of the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5 °C (71 °F), very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.

For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14.7 °C (58 °F) with an annual atmospheric temperature of 16.3 °C (61 °F). The average annual total rainfall during this period was 699 mm, with 6.1 days of precipitation in January and 2.6 days in July. For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Saint-André-de-Sangonis, 9 kilometres (6 mi) away as the crow flies, is 15.5 °C (60 °F), and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.

For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.

Population

Changes in the number of inhabitants have been documented through population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. For communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a full census of the population is conducted every five years, with the legal populations for the intervening years estimated through interpolation or extrapolation. For this commune, the first complete census under the new system was carried out in 2005.

In 2021, the commune had a population of 638, reflecting an increase of +23,17 since 2015 (Hérault: +7.29%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.84%).

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 70 —     1800 87 +3.15% 1806 86 −0.19% 1821 109 +1.59% 1831 102 −0.66% 1836 104 +0.39% 1841 105 +0.19% 1846 93 −2.40% 1851 102 +1.86% 1856 110 +1.52% 1861 116 +1.07% 1866 122 +1.01% 1872 112 −1.42% 1876 101 −2.55% 1881 100 −0.20% 1886 82 −3.89% 1891 118 +7.55% 1896 106 −2.12% 1901 127 +3.68% 1906 166 +5.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 201 +3.90% 1921 189 −0.61% 1926 205 +1.64% 1931 236 +2.86% 1936 181 −5.17% 1946 163 −1.04% 1954 137 −2.15% 1962 158 +1.80% 1968 163 +0.52% 1975 128 −3.39% 1982 131 +0.33% 1990 132 +0.10% 1999 156 +1.87% 2005 257 +8.68% 2006 268 +4.28% 2010 364 +7.95% 2015 518 +7.31% 2020 635 +4.16% 2021 638 +0.47%
Source: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1999, and INSEE since 2006.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department