Formiguères
Formiguères (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɡɛʁ] ⓘ; Catalan: Formiguera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]
Formiguères | |
|---|---|
 The church of Sainte-Marie, in Formiguères | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Formiguères | |
  Formiguères  Formiguères | |
| Coordinates: 42°36′56″N 2°06′09″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Petitqueux[1] |
| Area 1 | 46.88 km2 (18.10 sq mi) |
| Population | 500 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66082 /66210 |
| Elevation | 1,428–2,808 m (4,685–9,213 ft) (avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Its inhabitants are called Formiguérois.
Geography
Formiguères is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
Map of Formiguères and its surrounding communes
Climate
On average, Formiguères experiences 143.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 9.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 15.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 2.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on August 18, 2012, while the record low temperature was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on March 11, 2010.[4]
| Climate data for Formiguères (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.6 (45.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.9 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 62.1 (2.44) |
40.9 (1.61) |
57.6 (2.27) |
65.4 (2.57) |
72.2 (2.84) |
73.9 (2.91) |
68.4 (2.69) |
64.7 (2.55) |
58.3 (2.30) |
54.5 (2.15) |
78.0 (3.07) |
41.3 (1.63) |
737.3 (29.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 95.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 370 | — |
| 1975 | 313 | −2.36% |
| 1982 | 312 | −0.05% |
| 1990 | 357 | +1.70% |
| 1999 | 434 | +2.19% |
| 2007 | 437 | +0.09% |
| 2012 | 422 | −0.70% |
| 2017 | 479 | +2.57% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- INSEE commune file
- "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Formiguères". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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