Pujaut

Pujaut (French pronunciation: [pyʒo]; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.

Pujaut
Commune
The church of Pujaut
Coat of arms
Location of Pujaut
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Coordinates: 44°00′20″N 4°46′31″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Intercommunality	CA Grand Avignon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Soulier[1]
Area 1	23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,911
• Density	166/km2 (431/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30209 /30131
Elevation	20–168 m (66–551 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm (26.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 2 January 2002.

Climate data for Pujaut (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.8 (69.4)	24.2 (75.6)	26.7 (80.1)	30.4 (86.7)	33.9 (93.0)	41.1 (106.0)	39.9 (103.8)	41.0 (105.8)	35.3 (95.5)	31.0 (87.8)	23.2 (73.8)	19.8 (67.6)	41.1 (106.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.5 (50.9)	12.2 (54.0)	16.4 (61.5)	19.4 (66.9)	23.6 (74.5)	28.0 (82.4)	30.8 (87.4)	30.6 (87.1)	25.5 (77.9)	20.6 (69.1)	14.4 (57.9)	10.9 (51.6)	20.2 (68.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	7.2 (45.0)	10.6 (51.1)	13.2 (55.8)	17.2 (63.0)	21.3 (70.3)	23.9 (75.0)	23.6 (74.5)	19.3 (66.7)	15.3 (59.5)	10.1 (50.2)	6.8 (44.2)	14.6 (58.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	2.2 (36.0)	4.7 (40.5)	7.1 (44.8)	10.8 (51.4)	14.7 (58.5)	17.0 (62.6)	16.7 (62.1)	13.0 (55.4)	10.1 (50.2)	5.7 (42.3)	2.7 (36.9)	8.9 (48.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.3 (13.5)	−7.5 (18.5)	−9.2 (15.4)	−3.7 (25.3)	1.7 (35.1)	5.7 (42.3)	7.3 (45.1)	7.6 (45.7)	3.7 (38.7)	−2.5 (27.5)	−7.4 (18.7)	−9.0 (15.8)	−10.3 (13.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	53.3 (2.10)	35.3 (1.39)	38.2 (1.50)	60.8 (2.39)	51.9 (2.04)	39.4 (1.55)	31.4 (1.24)	36.9 (1.45)	93.2 (3.67)	88.2 (3.47)	95.9 (3.78)	48.3 (1.90)	672.8 (26.49)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.7	4.5	4.4	6.5	6.0	4.1	3.1	3.5	5.3	6.3	7.9	5.6	62.8
Source: Météo-France[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 906 —     1800 998 +1.39% 1806 1,057 +0.96% 1821 1,178 +0.73% 1831 1,297 +0.97% 1836 1,362 +0.98% 1841 1,390 +0.41% 1846 1,546 +2.15% 1851 1,533 −0.17% 1856 1,606 +0.93% 1861 1,624 +0.22% 1866 1,601 −0.28% 1872 1,546 −0.58% 1876 1,437 −1.81% 1881 1,152 −4.32% 1886 1,093 −1.05% 1891 1,101 +0.15% 1896 1,066 −0.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,057 −0.17% 1906 1,090 +0.62% 1911 1,094 +0.07% 1921 991 −0.98% 1926 985 −0.12% 1931 1,061 +1.50% 1936 1,037 −0.46% 1946 1,064 +0.26% 1954 1,038 −0.31% 1962 1,083 +0.53% 1968 1,219 +1.99% 1975 1,533 +3.33% 1982 2,465 +7.02% 1990 2,911 +2.10% 1999 3,242 +1.20% 2007 3,900 +2.34% 2012 4,068 +0.85% 2017 4,136 +0.33%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Gard department