Arbéost
Commune in Occitania, France
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Arbéost (French pronunciation: [aʁbeɔst]; Occitan: Arbiost) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Arbéost | |
|---|---|
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Arbéost | |
  Arbéost Location within France  Arbéost Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′57″N 0°17′03″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Cyrille Fraize[1] |
Area 1 | 14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 73 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65018 /65560 |
| Elevation | 555–2,480 m (1,821–8,136 ft) (avg. 780 m or 2,560 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Arbéost has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arbéost is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,411.1 mm (55.56 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C (39.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arbéost was 35.8 °C (96.4 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) on 8 February 2012.
| Climate data for Arbéost (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 155.1 (6.11) |
123.1 (4.85) |
113.5 (4.47) |
125.7 (4.95) |
136.3 (5.37) |
127.9 (5.04) |
101.0 (3.98) |
69.1 (2.72) |
68.5 (2.70) |
97.2 (3.83) |
184.5 (7.26) |
109.2 (4.30) |
1,411.1 (55.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.4 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 145.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 200 | — |
| 1975 | 164 | −2.80% |
| 1982 | 145 | −1.74% |
| 1990 | 128 | −1.55% |
| 1999 | 121 | −0.62% |
| 2007 | 100 | −2.35% |
| 2012 | 90 | −2.09% |
| 2017 | 85 | −1.14% |
| 2023 | 73 | −2.50% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
