Prades-le-Lez

Prades-le-Lez
Commune
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Location of Prades-le-Lez
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Coordinates: 43°42′00″N 3°51′56″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
Intercommunality	Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florence Brau[1]
Area ^1	8.88 km^2 (3.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,107
• Density	690/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34217 /34730
Elevation	53–134 m (174–440 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Prades-le-Lez (French pronunciation: [pʁad lə lɛz] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Pradas de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Prades-le-Lez has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Prades-le-Lez is 14.3 °C (57.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 852.2 mm (33.55 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Prades-le-Lez was 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.

Climate data for Prades-le-Lez (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	25.0 (77.0)	28.3 (82.9)	32.3 (90.1)	34.7 (94.5)	44.4 (111.9)	39.5 (103.1)	42.0 (107.6)	38.0 (100.4)	34.3 (93.7)	25.6 (78.1)	21.9 (71.4)	44.4 (111.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.6 (52.9)	12.9 (55.2)	16.3 (61.3)	18.8 (65.8)	23.1 (73.6)	27.9 (82.2)	31.1 (88.0)	30.6 (87.1)	26.0 (78.8)	20.5 (68.9)	15.1 (59.2)	12.1 (53.8)	20.5 (68.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.2 (43.2)	7.1 (44.8)	9.9 (49.8)	12.6 (54.7)	16.5 (61.7)	20.7 (69.3)	23.7 (74.7)	23.3 (73.9)	19.2 (66.6)	15.1 (59.2)	9.9 (49.8)	7.0 (44.6)	14.3 (57.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	1.2 (34.2)	3.4 (38.1)	6.5 (43.7)	10.0 (50.0)	13.5 (56.3)	16.3 (61.3)	15.9 (60.6)	12.5 (54.5)	9.8 (49.6)	4.7 (40.5)	1.9 (35.4)	8.1 (46.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.6 (5.7)	−14.6 (5.7)	−12.0 (10.4)	−5.5 (22.1)	0.5 (32.9)	4.9 (40.8)	6.8 (44.2)	5.7 (42.3)	2.4 (36.3)	−4.5 (23.9)	−9.6 (14.7)	−10.3 (13.5)	−14.6 (5.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	78.2 (3.08)	68.3 (2.69)	43.6 (1.72)	70.1 (2.76)	61.1 (2.41)	46.0 (1.81)	24.1 (0.95)	40.3 (1.59)	106.0 (4.17)	117.7 (4.63)	99.7 (3.93)	97.1 (3.82)	852.2 (33.55)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	5.2	4.9	6.8	6.7	4.4	3.0	4.3	5.3	7.5	7.1	6.3	67.8
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 207 —     1851 390 +1.10% 1891 442 +0.31% 1911 511 +0.73% 1926 492 −0.25% 1936 502 +0.20% 1946 419 −1.79% 1954 476 +1.61%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 704 +2.83% 1975 917 +3.85% 1982 1,538 +7.67% 1990 3,604 +11.23% 1999 4,361 +2.14% 2007 4,509 +0.42% 2012 4,548 +0.17% 2017 5,467 +3.75%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

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. "Normales et records pour Prades le Lez (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Prades-le-Lez, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE