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Lunas
Lunas
Commune
	Chateau of Lunas (restaurant)
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lunas
	Lunas Lunas
	Coordinates: 43°47′13″N 3°11′49″E / 43.787°N 3.197°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Clermont-l'Hérault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Aurélien Manenc
Area 1	44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi)
Population (2021)	670
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34144 /34650
Elevation	234–768 m (768–2,520 ft) ; (avg. 281 m or 922 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lunas (French pronunciation: [lynas]; Occitan: Lunaç) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.

It is situated on the D35 between Lodève and Bédarieux.

Geography

Climate

Lunas has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Lunas is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,146.0 mm (45.12 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lunas was 41.0 °C (105.8 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) on 2 March 2005.

Climate data for Lunas (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.0 (68.0)	23.0 (73.4)	25.5 (77.9)	29.3 (84.7)	34.0 (93.2)	39.8 (103.6)	38.1 (100.6)	41.0 (105.8)	34.8 (94.6)	30.0 (86.0)	23.5 (74.3)	20.0 (68.0)	41.0 (105.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.6 (49.3)	10.8 (51.4)	14.8 (58.6)	17.7 (63.9)	22.1 (71.8)	27.3 (81.1)	29.4 (84.9)	29.1 (84.4)	24.4 (75.9)	19.1 (66.4)	13.1 (55.6)	9.9 (49.8)	19.0 (66.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	6.2 (43.2)	9.3 (48.7)	12.0 (53.6)	15.9 (60.6)	20.1 (68.2)	21.8 (71.2)	21.7 (71.1)	17.8 (64.0)	14.3 (57.7)	9.0 (48.2)	6.0 (42.8)	13.4 (56.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.8 (35.2)	1.7 (35.1)	3.9 (39.0)	6.3 (43.3)	9.7 (49.5)	12.9 (55.2)	14.3 (57.7)	14.3 (57.7)	11.2 (52.2)	9.6 (49.3)	4.8 (40.6)	2.0 (35.6)	7.7 (45.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−8.9 (16.0)	−9.0 (15.8)	−10.4 (13.3)	−4.0 (24.8)	0.0 (32.0)	3.1 (37.6)	4.7 (40.5)	7.0 (44.6)	2.8 (37.0)	−2.2 (28.0)	−9.2 (15.4)	−9.3 (15.3)	−10.4 (13.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	114.5 (4.51)	97.5 (3.84)	68.7 (2.70)	105.0 (4.13)	85.2 (3.35)	51.7 (2.04)	33.0 (1.30)	51.8 (2.04)	99.0 (3.90)	161.3 (6.35)	144.0 (5.67)	134.3 (5.29)	1,146 (45.12)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.3	7.8	7.5	8.5	7.4	5.2	3.6	5.0	5.9	9.0	8.1	8.2	85.4
Source: Meteociel^[3]