Montlaur | |
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Coordinates: 43°52′48″N 2°50′04″E / 43.88°N 2.8344°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aveyron |
Arrondissement | Millau |
Canton | Causses-Rougiers |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Rivemale[1] |
Area 1 | 41.57 km2 (16.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 646 |
• Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 12154 /12400 |
Elevation | 330–681 m (1,083–2,234 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Montlaur (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃lɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
The Dourdou de Camarès forms part of the commune's southeastern border, flows northwestward through the middle of the commune, then forms part of its northwestern border.
The village lies in the northern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Dourdou de Camarès.
On average, Montlaur experiences 55.0 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 1.0 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 2.9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 33.4 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on August 12, 2003, while the record low temperature was −13.3 °C (8.1 °F) on March 1, 2005.[3]
Climate data for Montlaur (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2002–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.3 (104.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
40.3 (104.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
12.5 (54.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.5 (2.89) |
47.9 (1.89) |
57.0 (2.24) |
72.2 (2.84) |
67.7 (2.67) |
47.2 (1.86) |
40.1 (1.58) |
47.3 (1.86) |
49.9 (1.96) |
71.0 (2.80) |
69.8 (2.75) |
61.8 (2.43) |
705.4 (27.77) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 92.7 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 657 | — |
1975 | 608 | −1.10% |
1982 | 557 | −1.24% |
1990 | 556 | −0.02% |
1999 | 581 | +0.49% |
2009 | 663 | +1.33% |
2014 | 631 | −0.98% |
2020 | 633 | +0.05% |
Source: INSEE[4] |