Augirein | |
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 The main square in Augirein | |
Location of Augirein  | |
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| Coordinates:42°55′57″N0°55′03″E / 42.9325°N 0.9175°E /42.9325; 0.9175 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Couserans Ouest |
| Intercommunality | CC Couserans - Pyrénées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Charles Daffis[1] |
Area 1 | 9.84 km2 (3.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 80 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09027 /09800 |
| Elevation | 631–1,721 m (2,070–5,646 ft) (avg. 634 m or 2,080 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Augirein (French pronunciation:[oʒiʁɛ̃];Occitan:Augirenh) is acommune in theAriègedepartment in theOccitanie region of south-westernFrance.
Augirein is located in the former province ofCouserans some 30 km south-east ofSaint-Gaudens and 25 km west by south-west ofSaint-Girons. Access to the commune is by road D618 fromSaint-Lary in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues east toOrgibet. Just east of the village is the hamlet of Terrefete. The commune is almost all rugged and heavily forested except for a small area in the north where the village is.[3]
TheBouigane river flows through the north of the commune from west to east and continues to join the Lez atAudressein. TheRuisseau de Nede rises south of the commune and flows through the centre from south to north to join theBouigane on the north-eastern border of the commune. Several tributaries rise in the commune and join theRuisseau de Nede including theRuisseau de Couledoux and theRuisseau des Souls.[3]
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On average, Augirein experiences 80.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 1.7 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 1.6 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 20.2 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 21 August 2011, while the record low temperature was −17.5 °C (0.5 °F) on 8 February 2012.[4]
| Climate data for Augirein (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.5 (103.1) | 35.0 (95.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 17.9 (64.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.3 (66.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | 11.7 (53.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | −0.7 (30.7) | 1.7 (35.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 2.0 (35.6) | −0.3 (31.5) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −17.5 (0.5) | −14.0 (6.8) | −6.5 (20.3) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 4.0 (39.2) | −0.5 (31.1) | −4.5 (23.9) | −10.0 (14.0) | −12.5 (9.5) | −17.5 (0.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 124.6 (4.91) | 102.4 (4.03) | 97.8 (3.85) | 131.8 (5.19) | 127.9 (5.04) | 95.5 (3.76) | 71.4 (2.81) | 67.9 (2.67) | 81.6 (3.21) | 94.5 (3.72) | 146.4 (5.76) | 116.1 (4.57) | 1,257.9 (49.52) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.7 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 131.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
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List of Successive Mayors[5]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2014 | Georges Laïlle |
| 2014 | 2026 | Charles Daffis |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAugirenois orAugirenoises in French.[6]
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TheChurch contains a Chalice (19th century)
which is registered as a historical object.[9]
