Les Plans | |
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Location of Les Plans  | |
  Les Plans  Les Plans | |
| Coordinates:43°45′15″N3°16′37″E / 43.7542°N 3.2769°E /43.7542; 3.2769 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Lodève |
| Intercommunality | Lodévois et Larzac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Daniel Fabre[1] |
Area 1 | 18.12 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 317 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34205 /34700 |
| Elevation | 186–845 m (610–2,772 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Plans (French pronunciation:[leplɑ̃];Occitan:Los Plans) is acommune in theHéraultdepartment in theOccitanieregion in southernFrance.
Les Plans has a warm-summermediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsb). The average annual temperature in Les Plans is 10.3 °C (50.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,611.3 mm (63.44 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C (37.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Plans was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 8 February 2012.
| Climate data for Les Plans (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.1 (91.6) | 37.6 (99.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 37.6 (99.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 13.8 (56.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 3.3 (37.9) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.8 (33.4) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −14.6 (5.7) | −11.3 (11.7) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.7 (28.9) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.1 (35.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | −7.1 (19.2) | −11.0 (12.2) | −14.6 (5.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 172.9 (6.81) | 109.0 (4.29) | 102.0 (4.02) | 145.8 (5.74) | 106.9 (4.21) | 51.7 (2.04) | 35.3 (1.39) | 51.1 (2.01) | 145.7 (5.74) | 248.4 (9.78) | 215.1 (8.47) | 227.4 (8.95) | 1,611.3 (63.44) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.8 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 105.9 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 117 | — |
| 1968 | 123 | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 141 | +14.6% |
| 1982 | 177 | +25.5% |
| 1990 | 246 | +39.0% |
| 1999 | 265 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 283 | +6.8% |
