Sabran
Commune in Occitania, France
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Sabran (French pronunciation: [sabʁɑ̃]; Occitan: [saˈβɾa]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Sabran | |
|---|---|
The Chapel of Saint-Julien-de-Pistrin | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sabran | |
  Sabran  Sabran | |
| Coordinates: 44°09′07″N 4°32′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Bagnols-sur-Cèze |
| Intercommunality | CA Gard Rhodanien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Nicolle[1] |
Area 1 | 35.64 km2 (13.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,591 |
| • Density | 44.64/km2 (115.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30225 /30200 |
| Elevation | 39–285 m (128–935 ft) (avg. 284 m or 932 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
Sabran has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Sabran is 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 785.0 mm (30.91 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.3 °C (73.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sabran was 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on 11 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.8 °C (18.0 °F) on 14 December 2001.
| Climate data for Sabran (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1988−2008) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.7 (105.3) |
33.2 (91.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 66.8 (2.63) |
34.9 (1.37) |
37.1 (1.46) |
71.6 (2.82) |
68.3 (2.69) |
43.6 (1.72) |
33.0 (1.30) |
47.4 (1.87) |
118.3 (4.66) |
125.1 (4.93) |
87.3 (3.44) |
51.6 (2.03) |
785.0 (30.91) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 67.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,006 | — |
| 1975 | 1,108 | +1.39% |
| 1982 | 1,243 | +1.66% |
| 1990 | 1,437 | +1.83% |
| 1999 | 1,683 | +1.77% |
| 2009 | 1,751 | +0.40% |
| 2014 | 1,739 | −0.14% |
| 2020 | 1,610 | −1.28% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
