Les Arcs, Var
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Les Arcs (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʁk], also known as Les Arcs-sur-Argens, literally Les Arcs on Argens; Occitan: Los Arcs) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Les Arcs
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A view of Les Arcs | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Les Arcs | |
  Les Arcs  Les Arcs | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′48″N 6°28′44″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Vidauban |
| Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Gonzales[1] |
Area 1 | 54.26 km2 (20.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 8,109 |
| • Density | 149.4/km2 (387.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83004 /83460 |
| Elevation | 16–342 m (52–1,122 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Les Arcs is served by Les Arcs–Draguignan station (Gare des Arcs–Draguignan) on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The station, located within the commune of Les Arcs, also serves the greater neighbouring city of Draguignan, as the name suggests.
Les Arcs Town Hall
A view of Les Arcs
Climate
Les Arcs has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Les Arcs is 15.5 °C (59.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 803.1 mm (31.62 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Arcs was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.7 °C (16.3 °F) on 13 February 1999.
| Climate data for Les Arcs (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1997−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
35.5 (95.9) |
41.3 (106.3) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.7 (105.3) |
37.5 (99.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.9 (2.44) |
52.8 (2.08) |
52.5 (2.07) |
66.4 (2.61) |
56.8 (2.24) |
57.7 (2.27) |
16.4 (0.65) |
32.7 (1.29) |
62.9 (2.48) |
117.0 (4.61) |
146.6 (5.77) |
79.4 (3.13) |
803.1 (31.62) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 63.0 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,324 | — |
| 1975 | 3,324 | +0.00% |
| 1982 | 3,786 | +1.88% |
| 1990 | 4,744 | +2.86% |
| 1999 | 5,334 | +1.31% |
| 2007 | 6,217 | +1.93% |
| 2012 | 6,971 | +2.32% |
| 2017 | 7,064 | +0.27% |
| 2023 | 8,109 | +2.33% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
