Arreau

Arreau (French pronunciation: [aʁo]; Occitan: Àrreu) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.^[3]

Arreau
Commune
The town hall square
Coat of arms
Location of Arreau
Arreau Show map of France Arreau Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 0°21′35″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure et Louron
Intercommunality	CC Aure Louron
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Carrère[1]
Area 1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	732
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65031 /65240
Elevation	658–1,756 m (2,159–5,761 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is situated on the former Route nationale 618, the Route of the Pyrénées. Arreau is at the crossroads of the Louron valley and the Aure valley.

Geography

Climate

Arreau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arreau is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.8 mm (35.23 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.6 °C (63.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C (35.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arreau was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 3 February 1956.

Climate data for Arreau (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1943−2015)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	24.0 (75.2)	27.5 (81.5)	27.0 (80.6)	29.0 (84.2)	36.0 (96.8)	37.0 (98.6)	38.5 (101.3)	38.0 (100.4)	35.0 (95.0)	30.5 (86.9)	25.2 (77.4)	22.5 (72.5)	38.5 (101.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.0 (44.6)	9.4 (48.9)	12.3 (54.1)	13.8 (56.8)	17.6 (63.7)	21.0 (69.8)	23.6 (74.5)	23.5 (74.3)	20.8 (69.4)	17.2 (63.0)	11.0 (51.8)	7.1 (44.8)	15.4 (59.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	3.5 (38.3)	6.1 (43.0)	7.9 (46.2)	11.7 (53.1)	15.0 (59.0)	17.6 (63.7)	17.3 (63.1)	14.4 (57.9)	11.0 (51.8)	5.7 (42.3)	2.5 (36.5)	9.6 (49.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.1 (26.4)	−2.5 (27.5)	−0.1 (31.8)	2.0 (35.6)	5.8 (42.4)	9.1 (48.4)	11.5 (52.7)	11.1 (52.0)	7.9 (46.2)	4.7 (40.5)	0.3 (32.5)	−2.2 (28.0)	3.7 (38.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−23.0 (−9.4)	−20.0 (−4.0)	−8.2 (17.2)	−5.0 (23.0)	−2.0 (28.4)	1.0 (33.8)	0.0 (32.0)	−3.0 (26.6)	−7.5 (18.5)	−15.8 (3.6)	−20.0 (−4.0)	−23.0 (−9.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	90.0 (3.54)	60.9 (2.40)	70.2 (2.76)	84.6 (3.33)	88.2 (3.47)	66.7 (2.63)	59.4 (2.34)	61.2 (2.41)	62.4 (2.46)	70.9 (2.79)	93.2 (3.67)	87.1 (3.43)	894.8 (35.23)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.0	8.7	10.2	12.1	13.2	9.8	7.3	8.4	8.6	10.1	10.1	10.4	118.8
Source: Météo-France[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	936	—
1975	913	−0.35%
1982	816	−1.59%
1990	853	+0.56%
1999	823	−0.40%
2009	786	−0.46%
2014	798	+0.30%
2020	772	−0.55%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department