Les Achards
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Les Achards (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʃaʁ]) is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of La Mothe-Achard (the seat) and La Chapelle-Achard.[3]
Les Achards | |
|---|---|
 Location of Les Achards | |
  Les Achards  Les Achards | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′08″N 1°39′29″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Canton | Talmont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Intercommunality | Pays-des-Achards |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Valla[1] |
Area 1 | 30.30 km2 (11.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,518 |
| • Density | 182.1/km2 (471.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85152 /85150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Les Achards has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Les Achards is 12.8 °C (55.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 959.1 mm (37.76 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.7 °C (67.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Achards was 41.2 °C (106.2 °F) on 12 July 1949; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.2 °C (8.2 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Les Achards (La Mothe-Achard, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1942−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
39.8 (103.6) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105.0 (4.13) |
77.4 (3.05) |
68.8 (2.71) |
71.2 (2.80) |
61.6 (2.43) |
44.5 (1.75) |
50.3 (1.98) |
59.2 (2.33) |
81.8 (3.22) |
106.6 (4.20) |
118.7 (4.67) |
114.0 (4.49) |
959.1 (37.76) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.6 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 127.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,941 | — |
| 1975 | 2,092 | +1.08% |
| 1982 | 2,600 | +3.15% |
| 1990 | 2,778 | +0.83% |
| 1999 | 3,059 | +1.08% |
| 2007 | 3,934 | +3.19% |
| 2012 | 4,683 | +3.55% |
| 2017 | 5,063 | +1.57% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
