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Arrens-Marsous
Arrens-Marsous
Commune
	The centre of the village
	Coat of arms
	Location of Arrens-Marsous
	Arrens-Marsous Arrens-Marsous
	Coordinates: 42°57′23″N 0°12′42″W / 42.9564°N 0.2117°W
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Cazaux
Area 1	100.55 km2 (38.82 sq mi)
Population (2021)	691
• Density	6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65032 /65400
Elevation	720–3,144 m (2,362–10,315 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arrens-Marsous (French pronunciation: [aʁɛ̃s maʁsus]; Occitan: Arrens e Marçós) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.^[3] It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Arrens and Marsous.^[4]

In the village, the Maison du Val d'Azun is an information centre and small museum of the area.

Geography

Climate

Arrens-Marsous has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arrens-Marsous is 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,146.3 mm (45.13 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C (38.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arrens-Marsous was 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) on 20 July 1989; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 14 January 1985.

Climate data for Arrens-Marsous (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1936−2015)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	22.0 (71.6)	23.3 (73.9)	27.0 (80.6)	29.3 (84.7)	35.0 (95.0)	36.5 (97.7)	35.0 (95.0)	32.5 (90.5)	29.0 (84.2)	25.0 (77.0)	23.5 (74.3)	36.5 (97.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.3 (45.1)	8.7 (47.7)	11.4 (52.5)	12.6 (54.7)	16.3 (61.3)	19.9 (67.8)	22.2 (72.0)	22.2 (72.0)	19.5 (67.1)	16.0 (60.8)	10.5 (50.9)	7.2 (45.0)	14.5 (58.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.4 (38.1)	4.3 (39.7)	6.6 (43.9)	8.0 (46.4)	11.5 (52.7)	14.8 (58.6)	17.0 (62.6)	16.9 (62.4)	14.4 (57.9)	11.3 (52.3)	6.6 (43.9)	3.8 (38.8)	9.9 (49.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.4 (31.3)	0.0 (32.0)	1.8 (35.2)	3.4 (38.1)	6.7 (44.1)	9.7 (49.5)	11.7 (53.1)	11.7 (53.1)	9.2 (48.6)	6.5 (43.7)	2.6 (36.7)	0.3 (32.5)	5.3 (41.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−17.0 (1.4)	−15.0 (5.0)	−13.0 (8.6)	−6.0 (21.2)	−5.0 (23.0)	1.2 (34.2)	4.0 (39.2)	−1.0 (30.2)	−5.0 (23.0)	−7.0 (19.4)	−10.0 (14.0)	−11.5 (11.3)	−17.0 (1.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	108.2 (4.26)	79.9 (3.15)	87.6 (3.45)	115.1 (4.53)	107.7 (4.24)	81.9 (3.22)	73.3 (2.89)	76.4 (3.01)	83.5 (3.29)	95.3 (3.75)	121.5 (4.78)	115.9 (4.56)	1,146.3 (45.13)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.9	9.7	10.8	13.4	14.4	10.7	9.2	9.4	9.4	10.9	11.7	11.6	132.2
Source: Météo-France^[5]