Ribiers (French pronunciation: [ʁibje]) is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val Buëch-Méouge.[2]
Ribiers | |
|---|---|
Part of Val Buëch-Méouge | |
 A view of the village of Ribiers from the Mison road | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ribiers  | |
  Ribiers  Ribiers | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′55″N 5°51′26″E / 44.2319°N 5.8572°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Gap |
| Canton | Ribiers |
| Commune | Val Buëch-Méouge |
Area 1 | 36.55 km2 (14.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 812 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05300 |
| Elevation | 464–1,480 m (1,522–4,856 ft) (avg. 519 m or 1,703 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editRibiers has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Ribiers is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 913.5 mm (35.96 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ribiers was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Ribiers (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.9 (102.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.5 (2.89) |
47.6 (1.87) |
51.8 (2.04) |
91.9 (3.62) |
78.1 (3.07) |
62.7 (2.47) |
36.0 (1.42) |
51.5 (2.03) |
93.9 (3.70) |
123.5 (4.86) |
119.5 (4.70) |
83.5 (3.29) |
913.5 (35.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 80.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 485 | — |
| 1968 | 481 | −0.8% |
| 1975 | 533 | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 592 | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 637 | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 677 | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 777 | +14.8% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 August 2015 (in French)
- ^ "Normales et records pour Ribiers-Grange (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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