Rocheservière
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Rocheservière (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃsɛʁvjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The Battle of Rocheservière was fought nearby in 1815.
Rocheservière | |
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The Gallo-Roman bridge in Rocheserviere | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Rocheservière | |
  Rocheservière  Rocheservière | |
| Coordinates: 46°56′23″N 1°30′29″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Aizenay |
| Intercommunality | CA Terres de Montaigu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Dabreteau[1] |
Area 1 | 28.15 km2 (10.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,594 |
| • Density | 127.7/km2 (330.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85190 /85620 |
| Elevation | 15–72 m (49–236 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
Rocheservière has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Rocheservière is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 831.3 mm (32.73 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Rocheservière was 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 10 February 1986.
| Climate data for Rocheservière (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1985−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
41.8 (107.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
34.2 (93.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 88.4 (3.48) |
66.0 (2.60) |
61.0 (2.40) |
62.3 (2.45) |
57.3 (2.26) |
44.8 (1.76) |
48.0 (1.89) |
48.0 (1.89) |
67.1 (2.64) |
90.0 (3.54) |
96.1 (3.78) |
102.3 (4.03) |
831.3 (32.73) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.1 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 120.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,774 | — |
| 1975 | 1,948 | +1.35% |
| 1982 | 2,182 | +1.63% |
| 1990 | 2,245 | +0.36% |
| 1999 | 2,241 | −0.02% |
| 2007 | 2,789 | +2.77% |
| 2012 | 3,068 | +1.93% |
| 2017 | 3,322 | +1.60% |
| 2023 | 3,594 | +1.32% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
