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Les Plans
Les Plans
Commune
	Location of Les Plans
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	Coordinates: 43°45′15″N 3°16′37″E / 43.7542°N 3.2769°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Lodève
Intercommunality	Lodévois et Larzac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Fabre
Area 1	18.12 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)	305
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34205 /34700
Elevation	186–845 m (610–2,772 ft) ; (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Plans (French pronunciation: [le plɑ̃]; Occitan: Los Plans) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Les Plans has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Les Plans is 10.3 °C (50.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,611.3 mm (63.44 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C (37.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Plans was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 8 February 2012.

Climate data for Les Plans (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	20.6 (69.1)	22.1 (71.8)	25.0 (77.0)	28.3 (82.9)	34.4 (93.9)	33.1 (91.6)	37.6 (99.7)	29.2 (84.6)	26.0 (78.8)	22.2 (72.0)	18.3 (64.9)	37.6 (99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.2 (41.4)	6.3 (43.3)	9.7 (49.5)	12.6 (54.7)	16.3 (61.3)	20.9 (69.6)	23.9 (75.0)	23.5 (74.3)	18.7 (65.7)	14.1 (57.4)	8.6 (47.5)	5.8 (42.4)	13.8 (56.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	3.4 (38.1)	6.0 (42.8)	8.7 (47.7)	12.4 (54.3)	16.5 (61.7)	19.1 (66.4)	18.9 (66.0)	14.8 (58.6)	11.3 (52.3)	6.0 (42.8)	3.3 (37.9)	10.3 (50.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	0.4 (32.7)	2.4 (36.3)	4.7 (40.5)	8.6 (47.5)	12.1 (53.8)	14.2 (57.6)	14.3 (57.7)	10.9 (51.6)	8.4 (47.1)	3.4 (38.1)	0.8 (33.4)	6.8 (44.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.3 (13.5)	−14.6 (5.7)	−11.3 (11.7)	−4.2 (24.4)	−1.7 (28.9)	3.0 (37.4)	5.2 (41.4)	6.2 (43.2)	2.1 (35.8)	−3.8 (25.2)	−7.1 (19.2)	−11.0 (12.2)	−14.6 (5.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	172.9 (6.81)	109.0 (4.29)	102.0 (4.02)	145.8 (5.74)	106.9 (4.21)	51.7 (2.04)	35.3 (1.39)	51.1 (2.01)	145.7 (5.74)	248.4 (9.78)	215.1 (8.47)	227.4 (8.95)	1,611.3 (63.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	11.8	9.0	8.6	9.6	9.3	5.3	4.6	6.7	7.7	11.8	10.9	10.7	105.9
Source: Meteociel^[3]