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Pujaut

Pujaut (French pronunciation: [pyʒo]; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.

Geography

Climate

Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm (26.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 2 January 2002.

Climate data for Pujaut (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.8
(69.4)
24.2
(75.6)
26.7
(80.1)
30.4
(86.7)
33.9
(93.0)
41.1
(106.0)
39.9
(103.8)
41.0
(105.8)
35.3
(95.5)
31.0
(87.8)
23.2
(73.8)
19.8
(67.6)
41.1
(106.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.5
(50.9)
12.2
(54.0)
16.4
(61.5)
19.4
(66.9)
23.6
(74.5)
28.0
(82.4)
30.8
(87.4)
30.6
(87.1)
25.5
(77.9)
20.6
(69.1)
14.4
(57.9)
10.9
(51.6)
20.2
(68.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.3
(43.3)
7.2
(45.0)
10.6
(51.1)
13.2
(55.8)
17.2
(63.0)
21.3
(70.3)
23.9
(75.0)
23.6
(74.5)
19.3
(66.7)
15.3
(59.5)
10.1
(50.2)
6.8
(44.2)
14.6
(58.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.0
(35.6)
2.2
(36.0)
4.7
(40.5)
7.1
(44.8)
10.8
(51.4)
14.7
(58.5)
17.0
(62.6)
16.7
(62.1)
13.0
(55.4)
10.1
(50.2)
5.7
(42.3)
2.7
(36.9)
8.9
(48.0)
Record low °C (°F) −10.3
(13.5)
−7.5
(18.5)
−9.2
(15.4)
−3.7
(25.3)
1.7
(35.1)
5.7
(42.3)
7.3
(45.1)
7.6
(45.7)
3.7
(38.7)
−2.5
(27.5)
−7.4
(18.7)
−9.0
(15.8)
−10.3
(13.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 53.3
(2.10)
35.3
(1.39)
38.2
(1.50)
60.8
(2.39)
51.9
(2.04)
39.4
(1.55)
31.4
(1.24)
36.9
(1.45)
93.2
(3.67)
88.2
(3.47)
95.9
(3.78)
48.3
(1.90)
672.8
(26.49)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 5.7 4.5 4.4 6.5 6.0 4.1 3.1 3.5 5.3 6.3 7.9 5.6 62.8
Source: Météo-France

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 906—    
1800 998+1.39%
1806 1,057+0.96%
1821 1,178+0.73%
1831 1,297+0.97%
1836 1,362+0.98%
1841 1,390+0.41%
1846 1,546+2.15%
1851 1,533−0.17%
1856 1,606+0.93%
1861 1,624+0.22%
1866 1,601−0.28%
1872 1,546−0.58%
1876 1,437−1.81%
1881 1,152−4.32%
1886 1,093−1.05%
1891 1,101+0.15%
1896 1,066−0.64%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,057−0.17%
1906 1,090+0.62%
1911 1,094+0.07%
1921 991−0.98%
1926 985−0.12%
1931 1,061+1.50%
1936 1,037−0.46%
1946 1,064+0.26%
1954 1,038−0.31%
1962 1,083+0.53%
1968 1,219+1.99%
1975 1,533+3.33%
1982 2,465+7.02%
1990 2,911+2.10%
1999 3,242+1.20%
2007 3,900+2.34%
2012 4,068+0.85%
2017 4,136+0.33%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pujaut, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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