Cardet
Commune in Occitanie, France
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Cardet (French pronunciation: [kaʁdɛ]; Occitan: Cardet) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Cardet | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cardet | |
  Cardet  Cardet | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′39″N 4°04′52″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Quissac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Fabien Cruveiller[1] |
Area 1 | 8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 933 |
| • Density | 113/km2 (291/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30068 /30350 |
| Elevation | 98–166 m (322–545 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 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
Cardet has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Cardet is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 974.6 mm (38.37 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.1 °C (75.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Cardet was 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.8 °C (9.0 °F) on 3 January 1971.
| Climate data for Cardet (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1969−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
43.0 (109.4) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.9 (105.6) |
37.3 (99.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.7 (2.94) |
50.9 (2.00) |
60.9 (2.40) |
78.8 (3.10) |
69.1 (2.72) |
50.9 (2.00) |
34.6 (1.36) |
50.7 (2.00) |
161.8 (6.37) |
146.0 (5.75) |
115.1 (4.53) |
81.1 (3.19) |
974.6 (38.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 72.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 542 | — |
| 1975 | 472 | −1.96% |
| 1982 | 503 | +0.91% |
| 1990 | 569 | +1.55% |
| 1999 | 643 | +1.37% |
| 2009 | 843 | +2.75% |
| 2014 | 854 | +0.26% |
| 2020 | 905 | +0.97% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
