Formiguères

Formiguères (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɡɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Formiguera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Formiguères
Commune
The church of Sainte-Marie, in Formiguères
Coat of arms
Location of Formiguères
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Coordinates: 42°36′56″N 2°06′09″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Petitqueux[1]
Area 1	46.88 km2 (18.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	491
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66082 /66210
Elevation	1,428–2,808 m (4,685–9,213 ft) (avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its inhabitants are called Formiguérois.

Geography

Formiguères is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Formiguères and its surrounding communes

Puig Peric (2810 metres), the highest point in the commune.

Climate

On average, Formiguères experiences 143.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 9.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 15.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 2.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 18 August 2012, while the record low temperature was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on 11 March 2010.^[4]

Climate data for Formiguères (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.8 (65.8)	18.6 (65.5)	20.9 (69.6)	23.4 (74.1)	29.9 (85.8)	32.6 (90.7)	33.7 (92.7)	35.2 (95.4)	28.2 (82.8)	26.2 (79.2)	22.7 (72.9)	18.6 (65.5)	35.2 (95.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	5.8 (42.4)	8.4 (47.1)	11.8 (53.2)	14.9 (58.8)	18.9 (66.0)	22.1 (71.8)	21.9 (71.4)	18.5 (65.3)	15.2 (59.4)	9.2 (48.6)	6.8 (44.2)	13.3 (55.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	0.7 (33.3)	3.1 (37.6)	6.2 (43.2)	9.2 (48.6)	12.9 (55.2)	15.4 (59.7)	15.3 (59.5)	12.1 (53.8)	9.3 (48.7)	4.1 (39.4)	1.6 (34.9)	7.6 (45.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.1 (24.6)	−4.5 (23.9)	−2.2 (28.0)	0.5 (32.9)	3.5 (38.3)	6.8 (44.2)	8.8 (47.8)	8.7 (47.7)	5.7 (42.3)	3.4 (38.1)	−0.9 (30.4)	−3.5 (25.7)	1.9 (35.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−17.9 (−0.2)	−17.0 (1.4)	−18.6 (−1.5)	−10.4 (13.3)	−5.1 (22.8)	−2.3 (27.9)	0.0 (32.0)	−1.2 (29.8)	−4.6 (23.7)	−8.2 (17.2)	−14.2 (6.4)	−15.4 (4.3)	−18.6 (−1.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	62.1 (2.44)	40.9 (1.61)	57.6 (2.27)	65.4 (2.57)	72.2 (2.84)	73.9 (2.91)	68.4 (2.69)	64.7 (2.55)	58.3 (2.30)	54.5 (2.15)	78.0 (3.07)	41.3 (1.63)	737.3 (29.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	8.5	6.9	8.9	10.9	9.7	9.7	7.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	7.7	6.0	95.7
Source: Meteociel[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	370	—
1975	313	−2.36%
1982	312	−0.05%
1990	357	+1.70%
1999	434	+2.19%
2007	437	+0.09%
2012	422	−0.70%
2017	479	+2.57%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department