Saint-Junien | |
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| Coordinates:45°53′17″N0°54′07″E / 45.8881°N 0.9019°E /45.8881; 0.9019 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Saint-Junien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Hervé Beaudet[1] |
Area 1 | 56.82 km2 (21.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 11,382 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87154 /87200 |
| Elevation | 157–317 m (515–1,040 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Junien (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃ʒynjɛ̃];Occitan:Sent Junian) is acommune in theHaute-Viennedepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaineregion in west-central France. Its sister city isJumet, Belgium.
The history of Saint-Junien began in AD 500, when anascetic ofHungarian origin,Saint Amand, chose to live on the north bank of theVienne River at a place called Comodoliac.
Ruricius,bishop of Limoges, offered him a humble cell. At this time,Junian (Junien), originally from the north of France and son of a Count ofCambrai, left his family at the age of 15 and became a disciple of Saint Amand. It is said that Junian knocked on the door of Amand, who did not answer. Junian had to sleep outside, and the snow miraculously spared him during the night. He then lived as ahermit and, after the passing of his master, he lived where the collegiate church stands nowadays.
In 593,Gregory of Tours was impressed by the importance of the pilgrimage to the saint's tomb. An urban area was quickly created around the abbey built in honor of the saint. However, this monastery was destroyed by theVikings in 866. By the end of the 13th century, high walls were built around the city.
Saint-Junien is a city of strongcommunist tradition, marked by the municipality of Roland Mazoin, (mayor from 1965 to 2001), now headed by Pierre Allard, member of theAlternative Democracy Socialism [fr] (locally implanted party born of a split with thePCF). This peculiarity is largely inherited from the importance of the industrial sector of glove making, especially in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, like Limoges.
Inhabitants are known asSaint-Juniauds.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 11,298 | — |
| 1975 | 11,271 | −0.03% |
| 1982 | 10,805 | −0.60% |
| 1990 | 10,604 | −0.23% |
| 1999 | 10,666 | +0.06% |
| 2007 | 11,695 | +1.16% |
| 2012 | 11,373 | −0.56% |
| 2017 | 11,202 | −0.30% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
| Climate data for Saint-Junien (1996–2020 normals, extremes 1996–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.2 (88.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39.7 (103.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.8 (53.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 12.0 (53.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.4 (34.5) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) | −13.6 (7.5) | −11.8 (10.8) | −5.3 (22.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.2 (41.4) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.7 (23.5) | −9.4 (15.1) | −11.7 (10.9) | −13.6 (7.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 87.9 (3.46) | 72.6 (2.86) | 77.9 (3.07) | 84.9 (3.34) | 89.3 (3.52) | 71.9 (2.83) | 57.7 (2.27) | 67.7 (2.67) | 61.8 (2.43) | 82.7 (3.26) | 100.4 (3.95) | 102.3 (4.03) | 957.1 (37.68) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.3 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 132.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
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