Salindres | |
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 The town hall in Salindres | |
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Location of Salindres | |
  Salindres  Salindres | |
| Coordinates: 44°10′19″N 4°09′30″E / 44.1719°N 4.1583°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-2 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Etienne Malachanne[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,648 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30305 /30340 |
| Elevation | 148–241 m (486–791 ft) (avg. 188 m or 617 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Salindres (French pronunciation: [salɛ̃dʁ]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The composer and conductor Roger Dumas (1897–1951) was born, in Salindres.
Geography
Climate
Salindres has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Salindres is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,092.1 mm (43.00 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.4 °C (74.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The second highest temperature ever recorded in Salindres was 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 1 August 1947, the hottest August day on record for Frances was 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 23 August 2023;[3] the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) on 12 February 1956.
| Climate data for Salindres (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1915−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.2 (104.4) |
44.4 (111.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
44.4 (111.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 83.9 (3.30) |
56.2 (2.21) |
71.7 (2.82) |
85.0 (3.35) |
85.7 (3.37) |
54.7 (2.15) |
45.3 (1.78) |
53.9 (2.12) |
166.0 (6.54) |
158.3 (6.23) |
142.2 (5.60) |
89.2 (3.51) |
1,092.1 (43.00) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 78.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1694403399515545699
- ↑ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Salindres, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
