Arreau

Arreau
Commune
The town hall square
The town hall square
Coat of arms of Arreau
Coat of arms
Location of Arreau
Map
Arreau is located in France
Arreau
Arreau
Arreau is located in Occitanie
Arreau
Arreau
Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 0°21′35″E / 42.9061°N 0.3597°E / 42.9061; 0.3597
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
ArrondissementBagnères-de-Bigorre
CantonNeste, Aure et Louron
IntercommunalityCC Aure Louron
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Carrère[1]
Area
1
11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
752
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
65031 /65240
Elevation658–1,756 m (2,159–5,761 ft)
(avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arreau (French pronunciation: [aʁo]; Occitan: Àrreu) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.[3]

It is situated on the former Route nationale 618, the Route of the Pyrénées. Arreau is at the crossroads of the Louron valley and the Aure valley.

Geography

Climate

Arreau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arreau is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.8 mm (35.23 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.6 °C (63.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C (35.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arreau was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 3 February 1956.

Climate data for Arreau (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1943−2015)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.0
(75.2) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.0
(80.6) 		29.0
(84.2) 		36.0
(96.8) 		37.0
(98.6) 		38.5
(101.3) 		38.0
(100.4) 		35.0
(95.0) 		30.5
(86.9) 		25.2
(77.4) 		22.5
(72.5) 		38.5
(101.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6) 		9.4
(48.9) 		12.3
(54.1) 		13.8
(56.8) 		17.6
(63.7) 		21.0
(69.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.5
(74.3) 		20.8
(69.4) 		17.2
(63.0) 		11.0
(51.8) 		7.1
(44.8) 		15.4
(59.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.0
(35.6) 		3.5
(38.3) 		6.1
(43.0) 		7.9
(46.2) 		11.7
(53.1) 		15.0
(59.0) 		17.6
(63.7) 		17.3
(63.1) 		14.4
(57.9) 		11.0
(51.8) 		5.7
(42.3) 		2.5
(36.5) 		9.6
(49.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −3.1
(26.4) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		2.0
(35.6) 		5.8
(42.4) 		9.1
(48.4) 		11.5
(52.7) 		11.1
(52.0) 		7.9
(46.2) 		4.7
(40.5) 		0.3
(32.5) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		3.7
(38.7)
Record low °C (°F) −19.0
(−2.2) 		−23.0
(−9.4) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		1.0
(33.8) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−15.8
(3.6) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−23.0
(−9.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 90.0
(3.54) 		60.9
(2.40) 		70.2
(2.76) 		84.6
(3.33) 		88.2
(3.47) 		66.7
(2.63) 		59.4
(2.34) 		61.2
(2.41) 		62.4
(2.46) 		70.9
(2.79) 		93.2
(3.67) 		87.1
(3.43) 		894.8
(35.23)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.0 8.7 10.2 12.1 13.2 9.8 7.3 8.4 8.6 10.1 10.1 10.4 118.8
Source: Météo-France[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 936—    
1975 913−0.35%
1982 816−1.59%
1990 853+0.56%
1999 823−0.40%
2009 786−0.46%
2014 798+0.30%
2020 772−0.55%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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