Cos, Ariège
Commune in Occitanie, France
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Cos (French pronunciation: [kɔs]; Occitan: Còs) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Cos | |
|---|---|
 Location of Cos | |
  Cos  Cos | |
| Coordinates: 42°58′43″N 1°34′13″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Foix |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Foix-Varilhes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Christine Dubuc[1] |
Area 1 | 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 350 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09099 /09000 |
| Elevation | 440–720 m (1,440–2,360 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 124 | — |
| 1975 | 146 | +2.36% |
| 1982 | 215 | +5.68% |
| 1990 | 236 | +1.17% |
| 1999 | 258 | +1.00% |
| 2007 | 358 | +4.18% |
| 2012 | 405 | +2.50% |
| 2017 | 393 | −0.60% |
| 2023 | 350 | −1.91% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Climate
On average, Cos experiences 42.5 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 0.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 2.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 18.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 12 August 2022, while the record low temperature was −14.7 °C (5.5 °F) on 9 February 2012.[4]
| Climate data for Cos (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2003–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
17.7 (63.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
12.4 (54.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105.8 (4.17) |
82.1 (3.23) |
89.3 (3.52) |
82.8 (3.26) |
105.7 (4.16) |
66.9 (2.63) |
59.6 (2.35) |
62.4 (2.46) |
70.9 (2.79) |
74.0 (2.91) |
110.4 (4.35) |
94.1 (3.70) |
1,004 (39.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.2 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 121.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
