Le Luc
Le Luc
Lo Luc(Occitan) | |
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Coordinates:43°23′44″N6°18′48″E/ 43.3956°N 6.3133°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Brignoles |
Canton | Le Luc |
Intercommunality | Cœur du Var |
Government | |
• Mayor(2020–2026) | Dominique Lain[1](DVD) |
Area 1 | 44.16 km2(17.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 11,053 |
• Density | 250/km2(650/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83073/83340 |
Elevation | 79–400 m (259–1,312 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Le Luc(French pronunciation:[ləlyk];Provençal:Lo Luc), also known asLe Luc-en-Provence(Lo Luc de Provença), is acommunein theVardepartmentin theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregionin SoutheasternFrance.Le Luc is the seat of its owncanton,the largercanton of Le Luc.
Climate
[edit]With an average of about 128 days per year (source: Météo Climat stats, calculated over the period 1981–2010),[3]Le Luc is one of the communes with the highest number of "warm days" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25 °C.
As to "hot days", the average is of about 62 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 30 °C). As to "very hot days", the average is of about 9 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 35 °C).
Town | Sunshine (hours/yr) |
Rain (mm/yr) |
Snow (days/yr) |
Storm (days/yr) |
Fog (days/yr) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National average | 1,973 | 770 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
Le Luc | 2,753.2 | 766.1 | 1.8 | 31 | 39.5[5] |
Paris | 1,661 | 637 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
Nice | 2,724 | 767 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
Strasbourg | 1,693 | 665 | 29 | 29 | 56 |
Brest | 1,605 | 1,211 | 7 | 12 | 75 |
Climate data for Le Luc (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.7 (108.9) |
42.2 (108.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
42.7 (108.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 72.5 (2.85) |
48.1 (1.89) |
52.3 (2.06) |
67.1 (2.64) |
56.4 (2.22) |
50.7 (2.00) |
16.3 (0.64) |
33.7 (1.33) |
86.6 (3.41) |
128.9 (5.07) |
141.0 (5.55) |
78.7 (3.10) |
832.3 (32.77) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 64.8 |
Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Averagerelative humidity(%) | 52 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 43 |
Mean monthlysunshine hours | 148.4 | 165.7 | 218.1 | 231.9 | 275.6 | 320.2 | 359.1 | 324.8 | 248.9 | 179.1 | 143.4 | 137.2 | 2,752.4 |
Source 1:Meteo France[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[9] |
Demographics
[edit]Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info onPhabricatorand onMediaWiki.org. |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 4,266 | — |
1975 | 5,626 | +4.03% |
1982 | 6,049 | +1.04% |
1990 | 6,929 | +1.71% |
1999 | 7,282 | +0.55% |
2009 | 9,270 | +2.44% |
2014 | 10,502 | +2.53% |
2020 | 11,058 | +0.86% |
Source: INSEE[10] |
Inhabitants of Le Luc are calledLucois(masculine) andLucoises(feminine) in French.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires"(in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^1981–2010
- ^Paris,Nice,Strasbourg,Brest
- ^"Normales climatiques 1981-2010: Le Luc".lameteo.org.Retrieved12 September2022.
- ^"Données climatiques de la station de Le Luc"(in French). Meteo France.RetrievedJanuary 14,2016.
- ^"Climat Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur"(in French). Meteo France.RetrievedJanuary 14,2016.
- ^"Le–Luc (83)"(PDF).Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1991–2020 et records(in French). Meteo France. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 30 March 2018.Retrieved30 March2018.
- ^"Normes et records 1961-1990: Le Luc - Le Cannet-des-Maures (83) - altitude 80m"(in French). Infoclimat. Archived fromthe originalon March 15, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 14,2016.
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE