Aiguines
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Aiguines (French pronunciation: [ɛɡin]; Occitan: Aiguina) is a rural commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Aiguines
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The Château d'Aiguines with its view of the Lake of Sainte-Croix | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Aiguines | |
  Aiguines  Aiguines | |
| Coordinates: 43°46′33″N 6°14′35″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Flayosc |
| Intercommunality | Lacs et Gorges du Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Charles-Antoine Mordelet[1] |
Area 1 | 114.43 km2 (44.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 274 |
| • Density | 2.39/km2 (6.20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83002 /83630 |
| Elevation | 470–1,572 m (1,542–5,157 ft) (avg. 817 m or 2,680 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is located within the arrondissement of Brignoles, 18 km (11.1 mi) southwest of Castellane in neighbouring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the departmental border with which Aiguines is located on, following the flow of the Verdon River.
Geography
Climate
Aiguines has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Aiguines is 13.6 °C (56.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 805.6 mm (31.72 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.1 °C (73.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Aiguines was 42.3 °C (108.1 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) on 7 February 2012.
| Climate data for Aiguines (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
42.3 (108.1) |
38.1 (100.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
6.1 (43.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63.8 (2.51) |
53.5 (2.11) |
62.3 (2.45) |
78.2 (3.08) |
80.8 (3.18) |
64.5 (2.54) |
35.3 (1.39) |
52.3 (2.06) |
54.2 (2.13) |
88.7 (3.49) |
100.3 (3.95) |
71.7 (2.82) |
805.6 (31.72) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 74.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 165 | — |
| 1975 | 132 | −3.14% |
| 1982 | 161 | +2.88% |
| 1990 | 207 | +3.19% |
| 1999 | 219 | +0.63% |
| 2007 | 255 | +1.92% |
| 2012 | 269 | +1.07% |
| 2017 | 276 | +0.52% |
| 2023 | 274 | −0.12% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Gallery
Aiguines castle
Aiguines castle and church of Saint-Jean
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