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Vinon-sur-Verdon

*Vinon de Verdon* (Occitan)
Vinon-sur-Verdon Vinon de Verdon (Occitan)
Commune
	The agricultural cooperative in Vinon-sur-Verdon
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vinon-sur-Verdon
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	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
Area 1	36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Population (2021)	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)
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]