Lunas, Hérault
Part of Lunas-les-Châteaux in Occitania, France
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Lunas (French pronunciation: [lynas]; Occitan: Lunaç) is a former commune in the Hérault department in southern France. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Lunas-les-Châteaux.[2]
Lunas | |
|---|---|
Part of Lunas-les-Châteaux | |
Chateau of Lunas (restaurant) | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lunas | |
  Lunas Location within France  Lunas Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 43°47′13″N 3°11′49″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault |
| Commune | Lunas-les-Châteaux |
Area 1 | 44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 673 |
| • Density | 15.0/km2 (38.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34650 |
| Elevation | 234–768 m (768–2,520 ft) (avg. 281 m or 922 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
Lunas has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Lunas is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,146.0 mm (45.12 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lunas was 41.0 °C (105.8 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) on 2 March 2005.
| Climate data for Lunas (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114.5 (4.51) |
97.5 (3.84) |
68.7 (2.70) |
105.0 (4.13) |
85.2 (3.35) |
51.7 (2.04) |
33.0 (1.30) |
51.8 (2.04) |
99.0 (3.90) |
161.3 (6.35) |
144.0 (5.67) |
134.3 (5.29) |
1,146 (45.12) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 85.4 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
