Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Commune
The cave of Sainte-Baume
The cave of Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coat of arms
Location of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Map
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is located in France
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume
Coordinates: 43°19′46″N 5°43′01″E / 43.3295°N 5.717°E / 43.3295; 5.717
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVar
ArrondissementBrignoles
CantonSaint-Cyr-sur-Mer
IntercommunalityCA Provence Verte
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Carine Paillard[1]
Area
1
24.91 km2 (9.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,333
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83093 /83640
Elevation510–1,148 m (1,673–3,766 ft)
(avg. 700 m or 2,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (French pronunciation: [plɑ̃ dops sɛ̃t bom]; Provençal: Lo Plan d’Aups de la Santa Bauma, before 1993: Plan-d'Aups)[3] is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies to the north of the Sainte-Baume mountain range.

History

Second World War

In June 1944, at the aftermath of D-Day when the French Resistance went on an offensive against the German occupiers, the hills near Plan-d'Aups were the site of a bloody battle. Some 200 Maquis had set up a camp there, commanded by SOE agent Robert Burdett. They were attacked by large German forces. Though taken by surprise due to a faulty placing of guards, the Maquis did inflict considerable casualties on the Germans and many of them managed to escape into the surrounding mountains.[4]

Geography

Climate

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,001.8 mm (39.44 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.9 °C (16.0 °F) on 4 February 2012.

Climate data for Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3) 		21.1
(70.0) 		23.4
(74.1) 		27.2
(81.0) 		31.5
(88.7) 		41.6
(106.9) 		38.1
(100.6) 		39.0
(102.2) 		33.0
(91.4) 		29.0
(84.2) 		20.7
(69.3) 		18.6
(65.5) 		41.6
(106.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.1
(48.4) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.6
(56.5) 		17.1
(62.8) 		20.9
(69.6) 		25.9
(78.6) 		29.1
(84.4) 		29.3
(84.7) 		24.3
(75.7) 		19.0
(66.2) 		13.2
(55.8) 		9.7
(49.5) 		18.5
(65.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8) 		6.5
(43.7) 		9.3
(48.7) 		12.5
(54.5) 		15.9
(60.6) 		20.4
(68.7) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.5
(74.3) 		19.2
(66.6) 		14.8
(58.6) 		10.0
(50.0) 		6.8
(44.2) 		14.0
(57.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.9
(37.2) 		2.7
(36.9) 		5.0
(41.0) 		7.9
(46.2) 		10.8
(51.4) 		14.9
(58.8) 		17.5
(63.5) 		17.8
(64.0) 		14.1
(57.4) 		10.6
(51.1) 		6.7
(44.1) 		3.8
(38.8) 		9.6
(49.3)
Record low °C (°F) −6.8
(19.8) 		−8.9
(16.0) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		1.7
(35.1) 		6.5
(43.7) 		10.2
(50.4) 		10.1
(50.2) 		2.9
(37.2) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 93.3
(3.67) 		82.3
(3.24) 		82.7
(3.26) 		93.2
(3.67) 		79.4
(3.13) 		52.0
(2.05) 		21.7
(0.85) 		28.4
(1.12) 		56.0
(2.20) 		122.2
(4.81) 		168.0
(6.61) 		122.6
(4.83) 		1,001.8
(39.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 7.2 6.8 6.3 7.0 6.8 3.7 1.9 2.1 4.4 6.5 8.9 7.1 68.6
Source: Météo-France[5]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 185—    
1975 207+1.62%
1982 249+2.67%
1990 361+4.75%
1999 764+8.69%
2007 1,176+5.54%
2012 1,859+9.59%
2017 2,158+3.03%
Source: INSEE[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 26 mars 1993 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
  4. ^ Evelyn Le Chene, "Watch for Me by Moonlight" (wartime experiences of Robert Burdett), Corgi, London 1974
  5. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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