Saint-Christol-lès-Alès

Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
Commune
The Pyramid, erected in 1777
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
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Coordinates: 44°05′07″N 4°04′39″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Alès-1
Intercommunality	Alès Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Charles Benezet[1]
Area ^1	20.25 km^2 (7.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	7,115
• Density	350/km^2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30243 /30380
Elevation	103–391 m (338–1,283 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kʁistɔl lez‿alɛs], literally Saint-Christol near Alès; Occitan: Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Climate

Temperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès and Conqueyrac on 12 August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.[3] They were France's highest temperatures ever recorded until 28 June 2019, when temperatures reached as high as 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in southern France.[4]

Climate data for Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1949−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	24.4 (75.9)	28.0 (82.4)	32.0 (89.6)	36.0 (96.8)	43.4 (110.1)	40.5 (104.9)	44.1 (111.4)	39.0 (102.2)	33.0 (91.4)	25.4 (77.7)	21.5 (70.7)	44.1 (111.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.4 (52.5)	13.0 (55.4)	17.2 (63.0)	20.1 (68.2)	24.3 (75.7)	29.2 (84.6)	32.5 (90.5)	32.0 (89.6)	26.7 (80.1)	20.7 (69.3)	15.1 (59.2)	11.6 (52.9)	21.1 (70.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.4 (43.5)	7.3 (45.1)	10.8 (51.4)	13.7 (56.7)	17.7 (63.9)	22.0 (71.6)	24.8 (76.6)	24.4 (75.9)	19.9 (67.8)	15.4 (59.7)	10.2 (50.4)	6.9 (44.4)	15.0 (59.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.5 (34.7)	1.6 (34.9)	4.4 (39.9)	7.3 (45.1)	11.0 (51.8)	14.7 (58.5)	17.2 (63.0)	16.8 (62.2)	13.1 (55.6)	10.0 (50.0)	5.3 (41.5)	2.2 (36.0)	8.8 (47.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−12.5 (9.5)	−17.8 (0.0)	−10.0 (14.0)	−3.1 (26.4)	−0.5 (31.1)	3.0 (37.4)	7.0 (44.6)	5.0 (41.0)	1.9 (35.4)	−2.5 (27.5)	−7.5 (18.5)	−13.0 (8.6)	−17.8 (0.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	82.1 (3.23)	55.7 (2.19)	72.9 (2.87)	83.1 (3.27)	77.7 (3.06)	49.1 (1.93)	38.5 (1.52)	50.3 (1.98)	160.6 (6.32)	153.5 (6.04)	133.2 (5.24)	89.8 (3.54)	1,046.5 (41.20)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.1	4.9	5.6	7.2	7.5	5.3	3.8	5.2	5.9	8.7	8.8	7.3	77.4
Source: Météo-France[5]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 726 —     1846 1,260 +1.05% 1901 1,397 +0.19% 1926 1,433 +0.10% 1946 1,580 +0.49% 1954 1,724 +1.10% 1962 2,025 +2.03% 1968 2,595 +4.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 3,304 +3.51% 1982 3,970 +2.66% 1990 4,973 +2.86% 1999 5,492 +1.11% 2007 6,472 +2.07% 2012 6,776 +0.92% 2017 7,030 +0.74%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Météo France
4. "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. 28 June 2019.
5. "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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