Colognac  | |
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![]() The Mouleyrette mill  | |
![]() Coat of arms  | |
Location of Colognac  | |
![]() Colognac ![]() Colognac  | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′46″N 3°49′22″E / 44.0294°N 3.8228°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Occitania | 
| Department | Gard | 
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan | 
| Canton | Quissac | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cyrille Bresset[1] | 
| Area 1  | 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi) | 
| Population | 214 | 
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 30087 /30460  | 
| Elevation | 318–997 m (1,043–3,271 ft)  (avg. 569 m or 1,867 ft)  | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Colognac (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔɲak]; Occitan: Colonhac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Colognac has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Colognac is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,502.4 mm (59.15 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.1 °C (70.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C (40.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Colognac was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 21 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Colognac (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1992−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2)  | 
22.8 (73.0)  | 
29.1 (84.4)  | 
29.3 (84.7)  | 
34.0 (93.2)  | 
38.7 (101.7)  | 
36.3 (97.3)  | 
40.9 (105.6)  | 
32.1 (89.8)  | 
33.4 (92.1)  | 
22.5 (72.5)  | 
18.7 (65.7)  | 
40.9 (105.6)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8)  | 
10.1 (50.2)  | 
13.6 (56.5)  | 
16.0 (60.8)  | 
20.2 (68.4)  | 
24.7 (76.5)  | 
27.7 (81.9)  | 
27.9 (82.2)  | 
22.3 (72.1)  | 
17.1 (62.8)  | 
12.2 (54.0)  | 
9.4 (48.9)  | 
17.5 (63.5)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8)  | 
5.6 (42.1)  | 
8.5 (47.3)  | 
10.9 (51.6)  | 
14.5 (58.1)  | 
18.5 (65.3)  | 
21.1 (70.0)  | 
21.1 (70.0)  | 
16.6 (61.9)  | 
12.7 (54.9)  | 
8.2 (46.8)  | 
5.6 (42.1)  | 
12.3 (54.1)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8)  | 
1.1 (34.0)  | 
3.5 (38.3)  | 
5.7 (42.3)  | 
8.9 (48.0)  | 
12.3 (54.1)  | 
14.4 (57.9)  | 
14.3 (57.7)  | 
10.9 (51.6)  | 
8.2 (46.8)  | 
4.3 (39.7)  | 
1.8 (35.2)  | 
7.2 (45.0)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1)  | 
−13.0 (8.6)  | 
−9.4 (15.1)  | 
−4.7 (23.5)  | 
−0.8 (30.6)  | 
3.2 (37.8)  | 
5.6 (42.1)  | 
6.1 (43.0)  | 
2.2 (36.0)  | 
−5.1 (22.8)  | 
−7.5 (18.5)  | 
−9.9 (14.2)  | 
−13.0 (8.6)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 123.4 (4.86)  | 
86.3 (3.40)  | 
103.0 (4.06)  | 
132.6 (5.22)  | 
124.1 (4.89)  | 
65.9 (2.59)  | 
43.6 (1.72)  | 
59.8 (2.35)  | 
165.7 (6.52)  | 
217.3 (8.56)  | 
221.7 (8.73)  | 
159.0 (6.26)  | 
1,502.4 (59.15)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.0 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 89.8 | 
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% | 
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 77 | — | 
| 1968 | 142 | +84.4% | 
| 1975 | 154 | +8.5% | 
| 1982 | 164 | +6.5% | 
| 1990 | 167 | +1.8% | 
| 1999 | 169 | +1.2% | 
| 2008 | 205 | +21.3% | 
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 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
 - ↑ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
 
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