Collobrières
Collobrières
Colobrieras (Occitan) | |
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 The Place de la Libération in Collobrières | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Collobrières  | |
  Collobrières  Collobrières | |
| Coordinates: 43°14′17″N 6°18′35″E / 43.2381°N 6.3097°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | Le Luc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christine Amrane[1] |
Area 1 | 112.68 km2 (43.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,839 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83043 /83610 |
| Elevation | 58–776 m (190–2,546 ft) (avg. 131 m or 430 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Collobrières (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔbʁijɛʁ]; Occitan: Colobrieras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,874.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Collobrières has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Collobrières is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 822.8 mm (32.39 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Collobrières was 39.9 °C (103.8 °F) on 5 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.6 °C (14.7 °F) on 13 February 1999.
| Climate data for Collobrières (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.7 (103.5) |
39.9 (103.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
0.8 (33.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97.9 (3.85) |
60.6 (2.39) |
59.8 (2.35) |
66.7 (2.63) |
47.1 (1.85) |
40.1 (1.58) |
12.2 (0.48) |
17.8 (0.70) |
78.4 (3.09) |
107.8 (4.24) |
143.1 (5.63) |
91.3 (3.59) |
822.8 (32.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 62.1 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Main exports
[edit]Collobrières main exports are edible chestnuts which are made into things like marron glacé and ice cream. They also grow trees for cork production.
Currency
[edit]Collobrières uses the Euro, since it's part of France. But since 2008, the french franc was introduced back as a side currency, to let people see how much the prices changed, and to cultivate tourism.
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 September 9, 2022.
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