Tourbes
Tourbes (French pronunciation: [tuʁb]; Occitan: Torbes) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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 The church of Tourbes | |
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Location of Tourbes | |
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| Coordinates: 43°26′48″N 3°22′46″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Béziers |
| Canton | Pézenas |
| Intercommunality | CA Hérault Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Lionel Puche[1] |
| Area 1 | 15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,782 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34311 /34120 |
| Elevation | 11–103 m (36–338 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 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
Tourbes has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Tourbes is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 631.5 mm (24.86 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.3 °C (73.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Tourbes was 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.1 °C (13.8 °F) on 22 November 1998.
| Climate data for Tourbes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
43.0 (109.4) |
38.1 (100.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.7 (2.43) |
55.6 (2.19) |
29.8 (1.17) |
54.2 (2.13) |
51.6 (2.03) |
27.1 (1.07) |
16.4 (0.65) |
29.6 (1.17) |
69.1 (2.72) |
91.2 (3.59) |
79.0 (3.11) |
66.2 (2.61) |
631.5 (24.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 59.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 766 | — |
| 1968 | 767 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 740 | −3.5% |
| 1982 | 833 | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 1,022 | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 1,276 | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 1,462 | +14.6% |
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Normales et records pour Pezenas-Tourbes (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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