Montarnaud
Commune in Occitania, France
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Montarnaud (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃taʁno]) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Montarnaud | |
|---|---|
 Château and the nineteenth century church. | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Montarnaud | |
  Montarnaud  Montarnaud | |
| Coordinates: 43°39′00″N 3°41′59″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Gignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Pugens[1] |
Area 1 | 27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,208 |
| • Density | 152.9/km2 (395.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34163 /34570 |
| Elevation | 95–315 m (312–1,033 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
Montarnaud has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montarnaud is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 869.9 mm (34.25 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montarnaud was 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Montarnaud (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
44.1 (111.4) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.5 (106.7) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.5 (3.17) |
65.2 (2.57) |
43.6 (1.72) |
71.1 (2.80) |
62.7 (2.47) |
40.6 (1.60) |
26.3 (1.04) |
39.5 (1.56) |
98.2 (3.87) |
132.1 (5.20) |
103.5 (4.07) |
106.6 (4.20) |
869.9 (34.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 67.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 602 | — |
| 1975 | 675 | +1.65% |
| 1982 | 1,016 | +6.02% |
| 1990 | 1,689 | +6.56% |
| 1999 | 2,350 | +3.74% |
| 2007 | 2,466 | +0.60% |
| 2012 | 2,553 | +0.70% |
| 2017 | 3,754 | +8.02% |
| 2023 | 4,208 | +1.92% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
