Meynes
Commune in Occitania, France
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Meynes (French pronunciation: [mɛn]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Meynes | |
|---|---|
Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Meynes | |
  Meynes  Meynes | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′59″N 4°33′43″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Redessan |
| Intercommunality | Pont du Gard |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Fabrice Fournier[1] |
Area 1 | 16.66 km2 (6.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,597 |
| • Density | 155.9/km2 (403.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30166 /30840 |
| Elevation | 11–78 m (36–256 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 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
Meynes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Meynes is 15.0 °C (59.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 734.5 mm (28.92 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Meynes was 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 15 January 1985.
| Climate data for Meynes (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1966−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
43.5 (110.3) |
38.9 (102.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
43.5 (110.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63.2 (2.49) |
45.8 (1.80) |
42.5 (1.67) |
67.5 (2.66) |
56.9 (2.24) |
36.1 (1.42) |
30.3 (1.19) |
41.3 (1.63) |
104.9 (4.13) |
104.2 (4.10) |
80.0 (3.15) |
61.8 (2.43) |
734.5 (28.92) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 64.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,045 | — |
| 1975 | 1,210 | +2.12% |
| 1982 | 1,329 | +1.35% |
| 1990 | 1,807 | +3.92% |
| 1999 | 2,084 | +1.60% |
| 2007 | 2,160 | +0.45% |
| 2012 | 2,402 | +2.15% |
| 2017 | 2,456 | +0.45% |
| 2023 | 2,597 | +0.93% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
