Montfort-sur-Argens
Montfort-sur-Argens (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɔʁ syʁ aʁʒɑ̃(s)], literally Montfort on Argens; Occitan: Montfòrt d'Argenç) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Montfort-sur-Argens | |
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The village seen from the church car park | |
Coat of arms | |
Montfort-sur-Argens Montfort-sur-Argens | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′30″N 6°07′21″E / 43.475000°N 6.122500°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Brignoles |
| Intercommunality | CA Provence Verte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Audibert[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.92 km2 (4.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,466 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83083 /83570 |
| Elevation | 129–344 m (423–1,129 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
Climate edit
Montfort-sur-Argens has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montfort-sur-Argens is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 789.3 mm (31.07 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montfort-sur-Argens was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 8 January 1985.
| Climate data for Montfort-sur-Argens (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1980−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 42.5 (108.5) | 41.0 (105.8) | 40.8 (105.4) | 35.6 (96.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 24.6 (76.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.7 (54.9) | 21.6 (70.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 14.7 (58.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) | −9.8 (14.4) | −10.6 (12.9) | −4.9 (23.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | 3.6 (38.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | −4.0 (24.8) | −8.0 (17.6) | −9.3 (15.3) | −11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.3 (2.57) | 45.8 (1.80) | 43.2 (1.70) | 68.8 (2.71) | 63.6 (2.50) | 51.2 (2.02) | 25.4 (1.00) | 31.0 (1.22) | 85.6 (3.37) | 114.4 (4.50) | 122.7 (4.83) | 72.3 (2.85) | 789.3 (31.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 66.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 14, 2022.