Clarac, Haute-Garonne
Commune in Occitania, France
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Clarac (French pronunciation: [klaʁak]) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Clarac | |
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The town hall in Clarac | |
 Location of Clarac | |
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| Coordinates: 43°05′50″N 0°37′36″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens |
| Canton | Saint-Gaudens |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Paul Manent[1] |
Area 1 | 4.74 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 672 |
| • Density | 142/km2 (367/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31147 /31210 |
| Elevation | 387–515 m (1,270–1,690 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 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
Clarac has an Oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Clarac is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 804.9 mm (31.69 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.4 °C (68.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Clarac was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.5 °C (9.5 °F) on 10 January 2010.
| Climate data for Clarac (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
37.3 (99.1) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
34.6 (94.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
0.6 (33.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.1 (3.04) |
59.8 (2.35) |
69.1 (2.72) |
81.3 (3.20) |
91.2 (3.59) |
61.0 (2.40) |
54.4 (2.14) |
49.1 (1.93) |
53.5 (2.11) |
55.5 (2.19) |
86.7 (3.41) |
66.2 (2.61) |
804.9 (31.69) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 111.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 137 | — |
| 1968 | 167 | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 189 | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 255 | +34.9% |
| 1990 | 452 | +77.3% |
| 1999 | 508 | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 563 | +10.8% |
