Pujaut
Commune in Occitania, France
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Pujaut (French pronunciation: [pyʒo]; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure.
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The church of Pujaut | |
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| Coordinates: 44°00′20″N 4°46′31″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Avignon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandrine Soulier[1] |
Area 1 | 23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,982 |
| • Density | 169/km2 (439/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30209 /30131 |
| Elevation | 20–168 m (66–551 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 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
Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm (26.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 2 January 2002.
| Climate data for Pujaut (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.3 (2.10) |
35.3 (1.39) |
38.2 (1.50) |
60.8 (2.39) |
51.9 (2.04) |
39.4 (1.55) |
31.4 (1.24) |
36.9 (1.45) |
93.2 (3.67) |
88.2 (3.47) |
95.9 (3.78) |
48.3 (1.90) |
672.8 (26.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 62.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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