Pierrelatte
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Pierrelatte (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁlat]; Occitan: Pèiralata) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Since the 1980s it hosts one of the biggest production plants of the enriched uranium existing in the world, used both for civil and military purposes.[3]
Pierrelatte | |
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The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pierrelatte | |
  Pierrelatte  Pierrelatte | |
| Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Nyons |
| Canton | Le Tricastin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Gallu[1] |
Area 1 | 49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 13,756 |
| • Density | 277.6/km2 (718.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26235 /26700 |
| Elevation | 46–61 m (151–200 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personalities
- Jean Aurenche, screenwriter (1903-1992)
- Agnès Callamard, human rights activist and the current Secretary General of Amnesty International (born 1963)[6]
- Jérôme Bernard, racing cyclist (born 1971)
- Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
- Anthony Cellier, French politician (born 1975)
- David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)
Climate
| Climate data for Pierrelatte (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.8 (92.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
40.2 (104.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.9 (2.44) |
38.5 (1.52) |
46.2 (1.82) |
65.4 (2.57) |
68.9 (2.71) |
44.7 (1.76) |
40.4 (1.59) |
50.9 (2.00) |
102.6 (4.04) |
110.6 (4.35) |
111.8 (4.40) |
53.3 (2.10) |
795.2 (31.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 70.0 |
| Source: Meteociel[7] | |||||||||||||
