Les Aires | |
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 Chapel St-Michel | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Les Aires  | |
  Les Aires  Les Aires | |
| Coordinates:43°34′57″N3°06′16″E / 43.5825°N 3.1044°E /43.5825; 3.1044 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault |
| Intercommunality | Grand Orb |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Granier[1] |
Area 1 | 20.54 km2 (7.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 613 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34008 /34600 |
| Elevation | 149–640 m (489–2,100 ft) (avg. 198 m or 650 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Aires (French pronunciation:[le.z‿ɛʁ];Occitan:Las Airas) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance.
Les Aires has amediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsa). The average annual temperature in Les Aires is 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,128.5 mm (44.43 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.6 °C (72.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Aires was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) on 2 March 2005.
| Climate data for Les Aires (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1995−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.1 (88.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 41.3 (106.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 41.2 (106.2) | 37.2 (99.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 19.5 (67.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 2.3 (36.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 8.3 (46.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) | −10.0 (14.0) | −10.4 (13.3) | −6.1 (21.0) | −1.6 (29.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.6 (42.1) | 2.2 (36.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | −9.4 (15.1) | −9.4 (15.1) | −10.4 (13.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 128.0 (5.04) | 93.3 (3.67) | 57.1 (2.25) | 98.3 (3.87) | 80.2 (3.16) | 43.8 (1.72) | 31.6 (1.24) | 51.7 (2.04) | 101.7 (4.00) | 154.6 (6.09) | 126.2 (4.97) | 162.0 (6.38) | 1,128.5 (44.43) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 77.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 324 | — |
| 1968 | 364 | +12.3% |
| 1975 | 361 | −0.8% |
| 1982 | 467 | +29.4% |
| 1990 | 537 | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 544 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 561 | +3.1% |
