Saint-Girons, Ariège
Subprefecture and commune in Occitanie, France
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Saint-Girons (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒiʁɔ̃] ⓘ; Languedocien: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Saint-Girons | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 General view of the town | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Saint-Girons | |
  Saint-Girons Location within France  Saint-Girons Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Couserans Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Couserans-Pyrénées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Noël Vigneau[1] |
Area 1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 6,008 |
| • Density | 314.1/km2 (813.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09261 /09200 |
| Elevation | 387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
Antiquity
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Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.
Foundation
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The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church, around which the city later developed.
Climate
Saint-Girons has a moderate but warm oceanic climate, that is quite prone to temporary vast extremes in temperature as a result of its inland position.
| Climate data for Saint-Girons, Ariège, elevation 414 m (1,358 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1949–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
38.9 (102.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.8 (103.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.3 (3.24) |
68.6 (2.70) |
73.6 (2.90) |
103.7 (4.08) |
106.6 (4.20) |
78.1 (3.07) |
59.0 (2.32) |
67.4 (2.65) |
73.1 (2.88) |
82.0 (3.23) |
98.6 (3.88) |
80.2 (3.16) |
973.2 (38.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.7 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 121.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 116.3 | 128.9 | 169.0 | 170.9 | 183.4 | 193.0 | 210.9 | 209.3 | 193.3 | 156.7 | 119.4 | 112.9 | 1,963.8 |
| Source 1: Météo France[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais in French.
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Sport
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.
Stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.
