Arreau
Commune in Occitania, France
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Arreau (French pronunciation: [aʁo]; Occitan: Àrreu) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.[3]
Arreau | |
|---|---|
The town hall square | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Arreau | |
  Arreau  Arreau | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 0°21′35″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Neste, Aure et Louron |
| Intercommunality | CC Aure Louron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Carrère[1] |
Area 1 | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 725 |
| • Density | 65.2/km2 (169/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65031 /65240 |
| Elevation | 658–1,756 m (2,159–5,761 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 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 situated on the former Route nationale 618, the Route of the Pyrénées. Arreau is at the crossroads of the Louron valley and the Aure valley.
Geography
Climate
Arreau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arreau is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.8 mm (35.23 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.6 °C (63.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C (35.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arreau was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 3 February 1956.
| Climate data for Arreau (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1943−2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.5 (101.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90.0 (3.54) |
60.9 (2.40) |
70.2 (2.76) |
84.6 (3.33) |
88.2 (3.47) |
66.7 (2.63) |
59.4 (2.34) |
61.2 (2.41) |
62.4 (2.46) |
70.9 (2.79) |
93.2 (3.67) |
87.1 (3.43) |
894.8 (35.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 118.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 936 | — |
| 1975 | 913 | −0.35% |
| 1982 | 816 | −1.59% |
| 1990 | 853 | +0.56% |
| 1999 | 823 | −0.40% |
| 2009 | 786 | −0.46% |
| 2014 | 798 | +0.30% |
| 2020 | 772 | −0.55% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
