Formiguères
Commune in Occitania, France
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Formiguères (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɡɛʁ] ⓘ; Catalan: Formiguera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]
Formiguères | |
|---|---|
The church of Sainte-Marie, in Formiguères | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Formiguères | |
  Formiguères  Formiguères | |
| Coordinates: 42°36′56″N 2°06′09″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Petitqueux[1] |
Area 1 | 46.88 km2 (18.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 494 |
| • Density | 10.5/km2 (27.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66082 /66210 |
| Elevation | 1,428–2,808 m (4,685–9,213 ft) (avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Its inhabitants are called Formiguérois.
Geography
Formiguères is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
Climate
On average, Formiguères experiences 143.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 9.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 15.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 2.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 18 August 2012, while the record low temperature was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on 11 March 2010.[4]
| Climate data for Formiguères (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.6 (45.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.9 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 62.1 (2.44) |
40.9 (1.61) |
57.6 (2.27) |
65.4 (2.57) |
72.2 (2.84) |
73.9 (2.91) |
68.4 (2.69) |
64.7 (2.55) |
58.3 (2.30) |
54.5 (2.15) |
78.0 (3.07) |
41.3 (1.63) |
737.3 (29.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 95.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 370 | — |
| 1975 | 313 | −2.36% |
| 1982 | 312 | −0.05% |
| 1990 | 357 | +1.70% |
| 1999 | 434 | +2.19% |
| 2007 | 437 | +0.09% |
| 2012 | 422 | −0.70% |
| 2017 | 479 | +2.57% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
