Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | |
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 The church of Saint-Hilaire | |
 Location of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | |
  Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët  Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | |
| Coordinates:48°34′42″N1°05′27″W / 48.5783°N 1.0908°W /48.5783; -1.0908 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët |
| Intercommunality | CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jacky Bouvet[1] |
Area 1 | 46.97 km2 (18.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,735 |
| • Density | 122.1/km2 (316.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50484 /50600 |
| Elevation | 58–119 m (190–390 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁdyaʁkwɛ]) is acommune in theManchedepartment inNormandy in north-westernFrance.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former communes ofSaint-Martin-de-Landelles andVirey were merged into Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.[4]
It is approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of St. Malo and a similar distance northeast of Rennes. A medieval tower in the town centre, the only remainder of the old church, contains frescos by painterMarthe Flandrin.[5]
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët is 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 947.2 mm (37.29 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.1 °C (64.6 °F), and lowest in December, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët was 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) on 7 August 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.0 °C (10.4 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.3 (86.5) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.7 (101.7) | 37.5 (99.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 5.9 (42.6) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 5.1 (41.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) | −11.7 (10.9) | −7.1 (19.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.7 (28.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 3.0 (37.4) | 0.8 (33.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | −7.5 (18.5) | −11.4 (11.5) | −12.0 (10.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 91.5 (3.60) | 74.2 (2.92) | 67.5 (2.66) | 64.1 (2.52) | 67.7 (2.67) | 58.1 (2.29) | 62.0 (2.44) | 66.7 (2.63) | 73.3 (2.89) | 95.6 (3.76) | 98.1 (3.86) | 110.7 (4.36) | 929.5 (36.59) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.2 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 141.5 |
| Source: Meteociel[6] | |||||||||||||
The population data given in the table below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2020.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 6,809 | — |
| 1975 | 7,233 | +0.87% |
| 1982 | 6,986 | −0.50% |
| 1990 | 6,573 | −0.76% |
| 1999 | 6,490 | −0.14% |
| 2007 | 6,373 | −0.23% |
| 2012 | 6,204 | −0.54% |
| 2017 | 6,094 | −0.36% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
 | The arms of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët areblazoned : Gules, a tower argent, and in chief 3 mullets Or. |
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