Portiragnes
Commune in Occitania, France
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Portiragnes (French pronunciation: [pɔʁtiʁɑɲ]; Occitan: Portiranhas) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Portiragnes | |
|---|---|
The church of Saint-Félix | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Portiragnes | |
  Portiragnes  Portiragnes | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′19″N 3°20′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Agde |
| Intercommunality | CA Hérault Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gwendoline Chaudoir[1] |
Area 1 | 20.16 km2 (7.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,530 |
| • Density | 175/km2 (454/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34209 /34420 |
| Elevation | 0–41 m (0–135 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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
Portiragnes has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Portiragnes is 15.1 °C (59.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 578.5 mm (22.78 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Portiragnes was 39.7 °C (103.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.6 °C (14.7 °F) on 5 January 1995.
| Climate data for Portiragnes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
39.7 (103.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.1 (102.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.5 (2.22) |
57.8 (2.28) |
28.6 (1.13) |
49.0 (1.93) |
50.8 (2.00) |
27.1 (1.07) |
10.9 (0.43) |
26.8 (1.06) |
70.0 (2.76) |
79.1 (3.11) |
67.0 (2.64) |
54.9 (2.16) |
578.5 (22.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 55.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,109 | — |
| 1975 | 1,202 | +1.16% |
| 1982 | 1,348 | +1.65% |
| 1990 | 1,770 | +3.46% |
| 1999 | 2,278 | +2.84% |
| 2007 | 3,094 | +3.90% |
| 2012 | 3,243 | +0.95% |
| 2017 | 3,134 | −0.68% |
| 2023 | 3,530 | +2.00% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
