Saint-Auban
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Saint-Auban (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɑ̃]; Occitan: Sant Auban; Italian: Sant'Albano sull'Esterone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Saint-Auban | |
|---|---|
 A general view of the village | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Saint-Auban | |
  Saint-Auban  Saint-Auban | |
| Coordinates: 43°50′57″N 6°43′38″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Canton | Grasse-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Grasse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Ceppi[1] |
Area 1 | 42.54 km2 (16.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 194 |
| • Density | 4.56/km2 (11.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06116 /06850 |
| Elevation | 899–1,689 m (2,949–5,541 ft) (avg. 1,150 m or 3,770 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 211 | — |
| 1975 | 225 | +0.92% |
| 1982 | 221 | −0.26% |
| 1990 | 217 | −0.23% |
| 1999 | 267 | +2.33% |
| 2007 | 226 | −2.06% |
| 2012 | 228 | +0.18% |
| 2017 | 222 | −0.53% |
| 2023 | 194 | −2.22% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Climate
On average, Saint-Auban experiences 88.9 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 3.7 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 1.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 30.1 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was −17.1 °C (1.2 °F) on 5 February 2012.[4]
| Climate data for Saint-Auban (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2002–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.9 (100.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
11.6 (52.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.6 (2.27) |
48.1 (1.89) |
51.1 (2.01) |
64.9 (2.56) |
63.4 (2.50) |
53.3 (2.10) |
34.7 (1.37) |
51.1 (2.01) |
70.4 (2.77) |
104.8 (4.13) |
116.4 (4.58) |
74.2 (2.92) |
790.0 (31.10) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 77.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
