Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas

Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ də peʁɔlas]; Provençal: Sent Julian de Pairolaç) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas
Commune
A general view of Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas
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Coordinates: 44°17′19″N 4°33′57″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Pont-Saint-Esprit
Intercommunality	CA Gard Rhodanien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Salau[1]
Area 1	12.54 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,501
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30273 /30760
Elevation	54–211 m (177–692 ft) (avg. 196 m or 643 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

Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas is 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 830.7 mm (32.70 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.1 °C (41.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas was 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) on 7 January 1985.

Climate data for Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1972−2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.2 (70.2)	22.6 (72.7)	27.2 (81.0)	30.3 (86.5)	34.6 (94.3)	41.9 (107.4)	40.2 (104.4)	41.6 (106.9)	35.9 (96.6)	30.4 (86.7)	24.0 (75.2)	20.0 (68.0)	41.9 (107.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	11.0 (51.8)	15.1 (59.2)	18.2 (64.8)	22.9 (73.2)	27.2 (81.0)	30.5 (86.9)	30.0 (86.0)	24.9 (76.8)	19.5 (67.1)	13.1 (55.6)	9.5 (49.1)	19.3 (66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.1 (41.2)	6.4 (43.5)	9.7 (49.5)	12.5 (54.5)	16.8 (62.2)	20.6 (69.1)	23.5 (74.3)	23.0 (73.4)	18.9 (66.0)	14.6 (58.3)	9.1 (48.4)	5.9 (42.6)	13.9 (57.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.2 (34.2)	1.7 (35.1)	4.2 (39.6)	6.7 (44.1)	10.6 (51.1)	14.0 (57.2)	16.5 (61.7)	16.1 (61.0)	12.9 (55.2)	9.8 (49.6)	5.1 (41.2)	2.3 (36.1)	8.5 (47.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.1 (12.0)	−8.2 (17.2)	−10.2 (13.6)	−2.8 (27.0)	−1.0 (30.2)	4.5 (40.1)	8.1 (46.6)	7.0 (44.6)	2.8 (37.0)	−1.4 (29.5)	−6.5 (20.3)	−9.0 (15.8)	−11.1 (12.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	62.5 (2.46)	46.1 (1.81)	42.4 (1.67)	72.1 (2.84)	72.4 (2.85)	49.7 (1.96)	40.9 (1.61)	52.6 (2.07)	101.5 (4.00)	127.3 (5.01)	94.2 (3.71)	69.0 (2.72)	830.7 (32.70)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.1	5.2	4.7	7.1	7.3	5.3	3.4	4.2	5.8	8.0	6.7	6.4	70.0
Source: Météo-France[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	667	—
1968	667	+0.0%
1975	652	−2.2%
1982	711	+9.0%
1990	1,088	+53.0%
1999	1,103	+1.4%
2008	1,223	+10.9%

See also

• Communes of the Gard department