Loudes | |
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Commune | |
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Coordinates: 45°05′20″N3°44′58″E / 45.0889°N 3.7494°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Haute-Loire |
Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
Canton | Saint-Paulien |
Intercommunality | CA du Puy-en-Velay |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Barbalat [1] |
Area 1 | 24.33 km2 (9.39 sq mi) |
Population (2022) [2] | 947 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 43124 /43320 |
Elevation | 759–1,042 m (2,490–3,419 ft) (avg. 836 m or 2,743 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Loudes (French pronunciation: [lud] ) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 823 | — |
1975 | 750 | −1.32% |
1982 | 731 | −0.37% |
1990 | 772 | +0.68% |
1999 | 804 | +0.45% |
2009 | 869 | +0.78% |
2014 | 895 | +0.59% |
2020 | 938 | +0.79% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
Climate data for Loudes (1991–2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.8 (80.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 37.4 (99.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.5 (58.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 1.9 (35.4) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 5.0 (41.0) | 2.2 (36.0) | 9.1 (48.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) | −2.7 (27.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 0.9 (33.6) | −1.7 (28.9) | 3.7 (38.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) | −20.8 (−5.4) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −10.2 (13.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | 1.8 (35.2) | −0.8 (30.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | −9.2 (15.4) | −13.4 (7.9) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.6 (1.52) | 28.9 (1.14) | 33.6 (1.32) | 58.5 (2.30) | 73.8 (2.91) | 74.4 (2.93) | 71.4 (2.81) | 61.0 (2.40) | 68.5 (2.70) | 67.2 (2.65) | 65.1 (2.56) | 41.4 (1.63) | 682.4 (26.87) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 94.0 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 88.8 | 111.8 | 167.8 | 171.4 | 194.5 | 225.3 | 263.5 | 244.8 | 184.8 | 128.3 | 87.8 | 83.0 | 1,951.7 |
Source: Meteociel [4] |