Arreau
Arreau (French pronunciation: [aʁo]; Occitan: Àrreu) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.[3]
Arreau | |
|---|---|
 The town hall square | |
.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Arreau | |
  Arreau  Arreau | |
| Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 0°21′35″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Neste, Aure et Louron |
| Intercommunality | CC Aure Louron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Carrère[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
| Population | 772 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65031 /65240 |
| Elevation | 658–1,756 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. | |
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 a 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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 876 | — |
| 1968 | 936 | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 913 | −2.5% |
| 1982 | 816 | −10.6% |
| 1990 | 853 | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 827 | −3.0% |
| 2006 | 838 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 815 | −2.7% |
| 2015 | 777 | −4.7% |
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- INSEE commune file
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
