Artigues, Hautes-Pyrénées
Commune in Occitania, France
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Artigues (French pronunciation: [aʁtiɡ] ⓘ; Occitan: Artigas) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Artigues | |
|---|---|
A barn adjacent to the Artigues airstrip | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Artigues | |
  Artigues Location within France  Artigues Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′32″N 0°00′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | Lourdes-2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie Plane[1] |
Area 1 | 1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 13 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65038 /65100 |
| Elevation | 485–860 m (1,591–2,822 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 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 a small village retaining traditional architecture of the region. The commune is at the end of a steep dead-end road from the outskirts of Luchon.
Geography
Climate
Artigues has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Artigues is 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,220.8 mm (48.06 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 14.6 °C (58.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C (34.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Artigues was 33.0 °C (91.4 °F) on 1 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Artigues (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1959−2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
1.9 (35.4) |
4.1 (39.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 118.4 (4.66) |
85.4 (3.36) |
96.9 (3.81) |
112.3 (4.42) |
113.4 (4.46) |
93.9 (3.70) |
73.3 (2.89) |
77.7 (3.06) |
88.9 (3.50) |
104.5 (4.11) |
134.7 (5.30) |
121.4 (4.78) |
1,220.8 (48.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.9 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 148.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 30 | — |
| 1975 | 30 | +0.00% |
| 1982 | 27 | −1.49% |
| 1990 | 24 | −1.46% |
| 1999 | 29 | +2.12% |
| 2007 | 22 | −3.39% |
| 2012 | 23 | +0.89% |
| 2017 | 16 | −7.00% |
| 2023 | 13 | −3.40% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
