Brouzet-lès-Alès
Commune in Occitanie, France
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Brouzet-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [bʁuzɛ lɛ.z‿alɛs], literally Brouzet near Alès; Occitan: Broset d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Brouzet-lès-Alès | |
|---|---|
Mont Bouquet | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Brouzet-lès-Alès | |
  Brouzet-lès-Alès  Brouzet-lès-Alès | |
| Coordinates: 44°08′18″N 4°14′49″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-2 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Matthieu Testard[1] |
Area 1 | 13.03 km2 (5.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 670 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30055 /30580 |
| Elevation | 159–623 m (522–2,044 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 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
Brouzet-lès-Alès has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Brouzet-lès-Alès is 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 923.9 mm (36.37 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.9 °C (73.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brouzet-lès-Alès was 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.7 °C (10.9 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Brouzet-lès-Alès (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2011−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
35.9 (96.6) |
37.5 (99.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79.2 (3.12) |
54.2 (2.13) |
80.1 (3.15) |
82.7 (3.26) |
59.8 (2.35) |
46.5 (1.83) |
49.0 (1.93) |
55.4 (2.18) |
99.0 (3.90) |
112.3 (4.42) |
156.6 (6.17) |
49.1 (1.93) |
923.9 (36.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.4 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 76.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 342 | — |
| 1975 | 343 | +0.04% |
| 1982 | 348 | +0.21% |
| 1990 | 392 | +1.50% |
| 1999 | 436 | +1.19% |
| 2007 | 570 | +3.41% |
| 2012 | 625 | +1.86% |
| 2017 | 649 | +0.76% |
| 2023 | 670 | +0.53% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
