Commune in Occitania, France
Gavarnie-Gèdre (French pronunciation: [ɡavaʁni ʒɛdʁ]; Occitan: Gavarnia e Gèdra) is a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Gavarnie and Gèdre.[2]
Geography
Climate
Gavarnie-Gèdre has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Gavarnie-Gèdre is 8.6 °C (47.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,471.4 mm (57.93 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in February, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Gavarnie-Gèdre was 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.1 °C (−0.6 °F) on 8 February 2012.
| Climate data for Gavarnie-Gèdre (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
|
Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
|
Dec
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Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
15.5
(59.9)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
20.6
(69.1)
|
25.0
(77.0)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
32.8
(91.0)
|
33.3
(91.9)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
25.4
(77.7)
|
22.2
(72.0)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
6.7
(44.1)
|
9.6
(49.3)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
15.8
(60.4)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
14.1
(57.4)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
1.6
(34.9)
|
1.6
(34.9)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
7.1
(44.8)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
13.8
(56.8)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
4.9
(40.8)
|
2.7
(36.9)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−2.9
(26.8)
|
−3.4
(25.9)
|
−1.2
(29.8)
|
1.7
(35.1)
|
4.4
(39.9)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
4.6
(40.3)
|
0.5
(32.9)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
3.1
(37.6)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−16.0
(3.2)
|
−18.1
(−0.6)
|
−13.8
(7.2)
|
−9.8
(14.4)
|
−4.6
(23.7)
|
−0.2
(31.6)
|
1.9
(35.4)
|
2.2
(36.0)
|
−2.3
(27.9)
|
−7.1
(19.2)
|
−12.3
(9.9)
|
−14.6
(5.7)
|
−18.1
(−0.6)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
127.4
(5.02)
|
105.8
(4.17)
|
116.4
(4.58)
|
148.9
(5.86)
|
136.8
(5.39)
|
124.6
(4.91)
|
96.6
(3.80)
|
83.8
(3.30)
|
85.6
(3.37)
|
180.9
(7.12)
|
168.1
(6.62)
|
96.5
(3.80)
|
1,471.4
(57.93)
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| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
11.5
|
10.3
|
12.5
|
12.4
|
12.5
|
11.3
|
8.1
|
7.6
|
8.8
|
9.6
|
12.2
|
9.5
|
126.4
|
| Source: Météo-France[3]
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Landmarks
The place is famed primarily for the Cirque de Gavarnie, which is a glacial valley. The southern border is on the mountains, with Aragon, Spain.[4]
In the village of Gavarnie is a small church. The church, built around the 12th Century, lies on the Camino route. The church contains a cabinet which claims to hold the skulls of a number of the Knights Templar who died whilst traveling to Compostela. The church was an influential factor in the listing of the village of Gavarnie as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4] The village is visited by those who ski and by HCPT Pilgrimages to Lourdes.
See also
References
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