Montclus | |
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Coordinates: 44°15′41″N4°25′14″E / 44.2614°N 4.4205°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Gard |
Arrondissement | Nîmes |
Canton | Pont-Saint-Esprit |
Intercommunality | CA Gard Rhodanien |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Benoit Trichot [1] |
Area 1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | 181 |
• Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 30175 /30630 |
Elevation | 76–329 m (249–1,079 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Montclus is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
Montclus has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montclus is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 951.2 mm (37.45 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montclus was 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) on 16 January 1985.
Climate data for Montclus (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 43.8 (110.8) | 41.3 (106.3) | 42.9 (109.2) | 37.7 (99.9) | 32.0 (89.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 43.8 (110.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 28.3 (82.9) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.2 (88.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 10.7 (51.3) | 20.4 (68.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.1 (48.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 13.7 (56.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.7 (58.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.9 (33.6) | 7.1 (44.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −10.9 (12.4) | −13.1 (8.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | −2.0 (28.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −9.0 (15.8) | −11.4 (11.5) | −14.0 (6.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.8 (3.02) | 48.8 (1.92) | 54.9 (2.16) | 75.4 (2.97) | 75.2 (2.96) | 49.9 (1.96) | 44.4 (1.75) | 59.8 (2.35) | 132.4 (5.21) | 131.6 (5.18) | 134.1 (5.28) | 67.9 (2.67) | 951.2 (37.45) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 75.0 |
Source: Météo-France [3] |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 92 | — |
1968 | 124 | +34.8% |
1975 | 115 | −7.3% |
1982 | 139 | +20.9% |
1990 | 135 | −2.9% |
1999 | 134 | −0.7% |
2008 | 151 | +12.7% |
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