Vitrolles, Hautes-Alpes
Vitrolles | |
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Commune | |
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Location of Vitrolles  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°24′47″N 5°57′17″E / 44.4131°N 5.9547°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Gap |
| Canton | Tallard |
| Intercommunality | CA Gap-Tallard-Durance |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claudie Joubert[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 214 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05184 /05110 |
| Elevation | 545–1,455 m (1,788–4,774 ft) (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vitrolles (French pronunciation: [vitʁɔl]; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Vitrolles has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Vitrolles is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 763.6 mm (30.06 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.1 °C (70.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vitrolles was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) on 7 February 2012.
| Climate data for Vitrolles (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1997−2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.5 (2.26) |
44.6 (1.76) |
52.8 (2.08) |
72.3 (2.85) |
67.6 (2.66) |
49.3 (1.94) |
31.2 (1.23) |
44.0 (1.73) |
79.1 (3.11) |
101.3 (3.99) |
91.7 (3.61) |
72.2 (2.84) |
763.6 (30.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 79.4 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 181 | — |
| 1968 | 182 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 155 | −14.8% |
| 1982 | 137 | −11.6% |
| 1990 | 134 | −2.2% |
| 1999 | 139 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 206 | +48.2% |
| 2016 | 205 | −0.5% |
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.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Vitrolles (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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