Loyettes
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Loyette (French pronunciation: [lɔjɛt]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Loyettes | |
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Commune | |
 Town hall | |
_(potencée).svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Loyettes | |
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| Coordinates: 45°46′31″N 5°12′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Lagnieu |
| Intercommunality | Plaine de l'Ain |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Gagne[1] |
Area 1 | 21.28 km2 (8.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,554 |
| • Density | 167.0/km2 (432.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01224 /01360 |
| Elevation | 185–204 m (607–669 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 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
Loyettes has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loyettes is 12.1 °C (53.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,012.3 mm (39.85 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C (37.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loyettes was 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 20 December 2009.
| Climate data for Loyettes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990-2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
43.0 (109.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
8.9 (48.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.8 (2.79) |
64.4 (2.54) |
65.2 (2.57) |
82.0 (3.23) |
91.6 (3.61) |
75.3 (2.96) |
74.1 (2.92) |
77.3 (3.04) |
106.9 (4.21) |
115.7 (4.56) |
108.2 (4.26) |
80.8 (3.18) |
1,012.3 (39.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.1 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 119.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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