Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve | |
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  Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve  Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve | |
| Coordinates:43°37′05″N3°32′49″E / 43.6181°N 3.5469°E /43.6181; 3.5469 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Gignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Grégory Bro[1] |
Area 1 | 8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 938 |
| • Density | 109/km2 (282/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34241 /34230 |
| Elevation | 68–247 m (223–810 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃bozildəlasilv];Occitan:Sant Bausèli de la Seuva) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance.
Equidistant from the sea and the mountains, this village, located in thecanton of Gignac, 33 kilometres (21 mi) west ofMontpellier and near the banks of theHérault River, is overlooked to the east by the imposing ruins of the Château d'Aumelas.
The neighboring communes areGignac,Aumelas,Vendémian,Le Pouget,Popian.
In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as afrank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the1971-2000 period.[3] In 2020,Météo-France published a typology ofclimates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to aMediterranean climate and is part of theProvence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5 °C (71 °F), very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.[4]
For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14.2 °C (58 °F) with an annualatmospheric temperature of 16.4 °C (62 °F). The average annual total rainfall during this period was 782 mm, with 6.4 days of precipitation in January and 2.7 days in July.[3] For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune ofSaint-André-de-Sangonis, 5 kilometres (3 mi) awayas the crow flies,[5] is 15.5 °C (60 °F), and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.[6][7]
For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on differentgreenhouse gas emissionscenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[8]
In 2022, the commune had a population of 938.[9]
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