Les Avirons
Les Avirons (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aviʁɔ̃], meaning "the oars" in French), is a commune in the Réunion overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean. It borders the communes of Saint-Leu, Cilaos, Saint-Louis and L'Étang-Salé, and 150 metres of coastline.
Les Avirons | |
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Location of Les Avirons | |
| Coordinates: 21°14′31″S 55°20′00″E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Réunion |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Pierre |
| Canton | L'Étang-Salé |
| Intercommunality | Villes solidaires |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Ferrere[1] |
| Area 1 | 26.27 km2 (10.14 sq mi) |
| Population | 11,470 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+04:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97401 /97425 |
| Elevation | 0–2,565 m (0–8,415 ft) (avg. 268 m or 879 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Les Avirons has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Les Avirons is 24.2 °C (75.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 805.2 mm (31.70 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 27.2 °C (81.0 °F), and lowest in July, at around 21.0 °C (69.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Avirons was 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) on 22 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) on 1 August 2003.
| Climate data for Les Avirons (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2002−2016) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.8 (98.2) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 148.0 (5.83) |
126.8 (4.99) |
110.7 (4.36) |
89.3 (3.52) |
53.0 (2.09) |
46.1 (1.81) |
50.8 (2.00) |
26.5 (1.04) |
24.6 (0.97) |
26.9 (1.06) |
33.9 (1.33) |
68.6 (2.70) |
805.2 (31.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 58.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1967 | 4,547 | — |
| 1974 | 4,863 | +0.96% |
| 1982 | 5,150 | +0.72% |
| 1990 | 5,935 | +1.79% |
| 1999 | 7,172 | +2.13% |
| 2007 | 10,093 | +4.36% |
| 2012 | 11,181 | +2.07% |
| 2017 | 11,345 | +0.29% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- CIVIS site
- (in French) official website of Les Avirons.
