Vinon-sur-Verdon
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  Vinon-sur-Verdon  Vinon-sur-Verdon | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′32″N 5°48′45″E / 43.7256°N 5.8125°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume |
| Intercommunality | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Cheilan[1] |
| Area 1 | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Population | 4,333 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83150 /83560 |
| Elevation | 254–450 m (833–1,476 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vinon-sur-Verdon (French pronunciation: [vinɔ̃ syʁ vɛʁdɔ̃]; Occitan: Vinon de Verdon) is a commune in the northwestern part of the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. The town is on the left bank of the river Verdon near the Gorges du Verdon. The commune is on the departmental border with Vaucluse and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; as of 2019, it had a population of 4,248.
Vinon-sur-Verdon's airfield (ICAO Airport Code LFNF) is a popular location for the sport of gliding and was the location for the 2006 World Gliding Championships.
Geography
Climate
Vinon-sur-Verdon has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vinon-sur-Verdon is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 607.5 mm (23.92 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.1 °C (73.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vinon-sur-Verdon was 44.3 °C (111.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
| Climate data for Vinon-sur-Verdon (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) | 22.4 (72.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
44.3 (111.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
44.3 (111.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.7 (1.64) |
31.6 (1.24) |
40.5 (1.59) |
52.5 (2.07) |
51.3 (2.02) |
48.6 (1.91) |
23.1 (0.91) |
31.5 (1.24) |
53.6 (2.11) |
86.7 (3.41) |
88.3 (3.48) |
58.1 (2.29) |
607.5 (23.92) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 63.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,672 | — |
| 1975 | 1,832 | +1.31% |
| 1982 | 2,196 | +2.62% |
| 1990 | 2,752 | +2.86% |
| 1999 | 2,992 | +0.93% |
| 2007 | 3,840 | +3.17% |
| 2012 | 4,199 | +1.80% |
| 2017 | 4,233 | +0.16% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "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 September 15, 2022.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
