Loudervielle
Loudervielle (French pronunciation: [ludɛʁvjɛl]; Occitan: Lodervièla) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Loudervielle | |
|---|---|
 The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | |
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Location of Loudervielle | |
  Loudervielle  Loudervielle | |
| Coordinates: 42°48′35″N 0°25′19″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Neste, Aure et Louron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Évelyne Bertranuc[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi) |
| Population | 48 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65283 /65510 |
| Elevation | 1,038–2,034 m (3,406–6,673 ft) (avg. 1,150 m or 3,770 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Loudervielle sits in the Bigorre region, in the valley of the river Louron. The west side of the mountain pass Col de Peyresourde lies on the eastern edge of the commune.
The village's original Latin name, found in the church register of Comminges, was De Lodirvilla, and the name in Occitan is Lodervièla.[3]
The village arms are described as azure, a lion or, a chief argent with three crescents of the field, the largest in the middle.
Geography
Sights and monuments
- Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
- 12th-century Tour de Moulor, the ruins of a medieval castle.
Climate
Loudervielle has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loudervielle is 8.4 °C (47.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,122.3 mm (44.19 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.1 °C (61.0 °F), and lowest in February, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudervielle was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.1 °C (1.2 °F) on 1 March 2005.
| Climate data for Loudervielle[4] (altitude 1587m, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.0 (3.70) |
84.9 (3.34) |
86.3 (3.40) |
117.4 (4.62) |
121.7 (4.79) |
105.2 (4.14) |
84.2 (3.31) |
72.8 (2.87) |
76.7 (3.02) |
87.0 (3.43) |
122.4 (4.82) |
69.7 (2.74) |
1,122.3 (44.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.9 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 132.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Michel Grosclaude et Jean-François Le Nail, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Conseil général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000.
- Meteo-France Weather Station
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
