Formiguères | |
|---|---|
 The church of Sainte-Marie, in Formiguères | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Formiguères  | |
  Formiguères  Formiguères | |
| Coordinates:42°36′56″N2°06′09″E / 42.6156°N 2.1025°E /42.6156; 2.1025 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Petitqueux[1] |
Area 1 | 46.88 km2 (18.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 491 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66082 /66210 |
| Elevation | 1,428–2,808 m (4,685–9,213 ft) (avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Formiguères (French pronunciation:[fɔʁmiɡɛʁ]ⓘ;Catalan:Formiguera) is acommune in thePyrénées-Orientalesdepartment in southernFrance.[3]
Its inhabitants are calledFormiguérois.
Formiguères is located in thecanton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in thearrondissement of Prades.
On average, Formiguères experiences 143.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 9.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 15.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 2.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 18 August 2012, while the record low temperature was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on 11 March 2010.[4]
| Climate data for Formiguères (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.2 (95.4) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.2 (79.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 0.7 (33.3) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 1.6 (34.9) | 7.6 (45.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | 0.5 (32.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | 1.9 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) | −17.0 (1.4) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −10.4 (13.3) | −5.1 (22.8) | −2.3 (27.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | −4.6 (23.7) | −8.2 (17.2) | −14.2 (6.4) | −15.4 (4.3) | −18.6 (−1.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 62.1 (2.44) | 40.9 (1.61) | 57.6 (2.27) | 65.4 (2.57) | 72.2 (2.84) | 73.9 (2.91) | 68.4 (2.69) | 64.7 (2.55) | 58.3 (2.30) | 54.5 (2.15) | 78.0 (3.07) | 41.3 (1.63) | 737.3 (29.03) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 95.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 370 | — |
| 1975 | 313 | −2.36% |
| 1982 | 312 | −0.05% |
| 1990 | 357 | +1.70% |
| 1999 | 434 | +2.19% |
| 2007 | 437 | +0.09% |
| 2012 | 422 | −0.70% |
| 2017 | 479 | +2.57% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
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