Le Pouget | |
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 The church of Sainte-Catherine | |
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Location of Le Pouget  | |
  Le Pouget  Le Pouget | |
| Coordinates:43°35′36″N3°31′32″E / 43.5933°N 3.5256°E /43.5933; 3.5256 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Gignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Thibaut Barral[1] |
Area 1 | 13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,101 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34210 /34230 |
| Elevation | 25–161 m (82–528 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Pouget (French pronunciation:[ləpuʒɛ];Occitan:Lo Poget) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance. It contains theGallardet dolmen.
Le Pouget is situated on the sides of two valleys, Aumelas and Clermont L'Hérault. The centre of the commune is at the entrance to the medievalcirculade. The clay soil favoursviticulture. The riverHérault is 2 km from the centre.
Le Pouget has amediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsa). The average annual temperature in Le Pouget is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 680.8 mm (26.80 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Le Pouget was 45.2 °C (113.4 °F) on 28 February 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.6 °C (3.9 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Le Pouget (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.9 (94.8) | 45.2 (113.4) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.5 (106.7) | 37.5 (99.5) | 33.9 (93.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 45.2 (113.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.6 (36.7) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) | −10.1 (13.8) | −10.1 (13.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | −8.0 (17.6) | −9.1 (15.6) | −15.6 (3.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.2 (2.41) | 52.3 (2.06) | 38.5 (1.52) | 53.5 (2.11) | 53.2 (2.09) | 37.0 (1.46) | 24.3 (0.96) | 36.9 (1.45) | 69.4 (2.73) | 101.7 (4.00) | 75.8 (2.98) | 77.0 (3.03) | 680.8 (26.80) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 59.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
The village was known for itscirculade in the Middle Ages in the time ofLouis XIV. The prehistoricdolmen Gallardet (or dolmen de Pouget) is a notable sight in the village.
Inhabitants are calledPougétois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,077 | — |
| 1975 | 934 | −2.01% |
| 1982 | 987 | +0.79% |
| 1990 | 1,103 | +1.40% |
| 1999 | 1,347 | +2.25% |
| 2007 | 1,782 | +3.56% |
| 2012 | 1,823 | +0.46% |
| 2017 | 2,054 | +2.41% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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