Portiragnes | |
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 The church of Saint-Félix | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Portiragnes  | |
  Portiragnes  Portiragnes | |
| Coordinates:43°18′19″N3°20′11″E / 43.3053°N 3.3364°E /43.3053; 3.3364 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Agde |
| Intercommunality | CA Hérault Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Gwendoline Chaudoir[1] |
Area 1 | 20.16 km2 (7.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,388 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34209 /34420 |
| Elevation | 0–41 m (0–135 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Portiragnes (French pronunciation:[pɔʁtiʁɑɲ];Occitan:Portiranhas) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance.
Portiragnes has amediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsa). The average annual temperature in Portiragnes is 15.1 °C (59.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 578.5 mm (22.78 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Portiragnes was 39.7 °C (103.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.6 °C (14.7 °F) on 5 January 1995.
| Climate data for Portiragnes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.7 (74.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 39.7 (103.5) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.1 (102.4) | 34.8 (94.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 15.1 (59.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.6 (38.5) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) | −7.6 (18.3) | −8.7 (16.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | −7.4 (18.7) | −8.1 (17.4) | −9.6 (14.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 56.5 (2.22) | 57.8 (2.28) | 28.6 (1.13) | 49.0 (1.93) | 50.8 (2.00) | 27.1 (1.07) | 10.9 (0.43) | 26.8 (1.06) | 70.0 (2.76) | 79.1 (3.11) | 67.0 (2.64) | 54.9 (2.16) | 578.5 (22.78) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 55.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,109 | — |
| 1975 | 1,202 | +1.16% |
| 1982 | 1,348 | +1.65% |
| 1990 | 1,770 | +3.46% |
| 1999 | 2,278 | +2.84% |
| 2007 | 3,094 | +3.90% |
| 2012 | 3,243 | +0.95% |
| 2017 | 3,134 | −0.68% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
