Chusclan
Chusclan | |
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 A general view of Chusclan | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Chusclan  | |
  Chusclan  Chusclan | |
| Coordinates: 44°09′00″N 4°41′02″E / 44.15°N 4.6839°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Bagnols-sur-Cèze |
| Intercommunality | CA Gard Rhodanien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Peyrière[1] |
Area 1 | 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 971 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30081 /30200 |
| Elevation | 28–268 m (92–879 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chusclan (French pronunciation: [ʃysklɑ̃]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Chusclan has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Chusclan is 15.3 °C (59.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 750.2 mm (29.54 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 25.1 °C (77.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Chusclan was 43.1 °C (109.6 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.8 °C (18.0 °F) on 2 January 2002.
| Climate data for Chusclan (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−2021) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
41.6 (106.9) |
40.2 (104.4) |
43.1 (109.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
43.1 (109.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63.3 (2.49) |
37.8 (1.49) |
45.2 (1.78) |
64.1 (2.52) |
57.7 (2.27) |
38.0 (1.50) |
32.8 (1.29) |
48.2 (1.90) |
102.4 (4.03) |
100.5 (3.96) |
107.2 (4.22) |
53.0 (2.09) |
750.2 (29.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 66.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 576 | — |
| 1968 | 616 | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 668 | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 809 | +21.1% |
| 1990 | 941 | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 908 | −3.5% |
| 2008 | 991 | +9.1% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
External links
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- Official site (in French)
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