Montdardier
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Montdardier | |
|---|---|
 Montdardier and the Tude forest | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Montdardier  | |
  Montdardier  Montdardier | |
| Coordinates: 43°55′42″N 3°35′33″E / 43.9283°N 3.5925°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Le Vigan |
| Intercommunality | Pays viganais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Philippe Virely[1] |
Area 1 | 35.25 km2 (13.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 198 |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30176 /30120 |
| Elevation | 259–889 m (850–2,917 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montdardier (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃daʁdje]; Occitan: Montdardièr) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Climate
Montdardier has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) closely bordering on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). The average annual temperature in Montdardier is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,487.0 mm (58.54 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.9 °C (71.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montdardier was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Montdardier (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2010−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 148.8 (5.86) |
89.9 (3.54) |
96.5 (3.80) |
137.1 (5.40) |
103.3 (4.07) |
72.3 (2.85) |
42.8 (1.69) |
45.0 (1.77) |
156.4 (6.16) |
231.1 (9.10) |
216.2 (8.51) |
147.6 (5.81) |
1,487 (58.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 91.7 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 215 | — |
| 1975 | 197 | −1.24% |
| 1982 | 178 | −1.44% |
| 1990 | 157 | −1.56% |
| 1999 | 187 | +1.96% |
| 2009 | 195 | +0.42% |
| 2014 | 207 | +1.20% |
| 2020 | 191 | −1.33% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
