La Rouvière
Commune in Occitania, France
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La Rouvière (French pronunciation: [la ʁuvjɛʁ]; Occitan: La Rovièira) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
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 Location of La Rouvière | |
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| Coordinates: 43°55′56″N 4°14′10″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Calvisson |
| Intercommunality | CA Nîmes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick de Gonzaga[1] |
Area 1 | 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 693 |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30224 /30190 |
| Elevation | 69–155 m (226–509 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 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
La Rouvière has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in La Rouvière is 14.5 °C (58.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 914.4 mm (36.00 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Rouvière was 43.9 °C (111.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.4 °C (11.5 °F) on 2 March 2005.
| Climate data for La Rouvière (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
43.9 (111.0) |
40.7 (105.3) |
43.0 (109.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
43.9 (111.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.9 (3.07) |
47.3 (1.86) |
58.5 (2.30) |
79.4 (3.13) |
63.7 (2.51) |
48.9 (1.93) |
31.3 (1.23) |
48.9 (1.93) |
141.0 (5.55) |
126.4 (4.98) |
120.8 (4.76) |
70.3 (2.77) |
914.4 (36.00) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 68.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 197 | — |
| 1968 | 205 | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 201 | −2.0% |
| 1982 | 268 | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 353 | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 495 | +40.2% |
| 2008 | 614 | +24.0% |
