Berlou | |
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 Location of Berlou | |
  Berlou  Berlou | |
| Coordinates:43°29′28″N2°57′24″E / 43.4911°N 2.9567°E /43.4911; 2.9567 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Saint-Pons-de-Thomières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Christian Lignon[1] |
Area 1 | 11.34 km2 (4.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 222 |
| • Density | 19.6/km2 (50.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34030 /34360 |
| Elevation | 130–680 m (430–2,230 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Berlou (French pronunciation:[bɛʁlu];Occitan:Berlon) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance.
Berlou has amediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsa). The average annual temperature in Berlou is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 908.5 mm (35.77 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 8.0 °C (46.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Berlou was 42.1 °C (107.8 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.1 °C (17.4 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Berlou (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1988−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 42.1 (107.8) | 37.5 (99.5) | 40.9 (105.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 32.4 (90.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.9 (69.6) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.4 (84.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.1 (52.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −8.1 (17.4) | −5.7 (21.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | −5.6 (21.9) | −5.4 (22.3) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 82.1 (3.23) | 73.5 (2.89) | 51.7 (2.04) | 80.9 (3.19) | 70.3 (2.77) | 38.6 (1.52) | 23.7 (0.93) | 48.2 (1.90) | 86.7 (3.41) | 136.8 (5.39) | 107.6 (4.24) | 108.4 (4.27) | 908.5 (35.77) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 71.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 244 | — |
| 1968 | 267 | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 228 | −14.6% |
| 1982 | 203 | −11.0% |
| 1990 | 193 | −4.9% |
| 1999 | 184 | −4.7% |
| 2008 | 189 | +2.7% |
