Salindres

Salindres (French pronunciation: [salɛ̃dʁ]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The composer and conductor Roger Dumas (1897–1951) was born, in Salindres.

Salindres
Commune
The town hall in Salindres
Coat of arms
Location of Salindres
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Coordinates: 44°10′19″N 4°09′30″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Alès-2
Intercommunality	Alès Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Etienne Malachanne[1]
Area 1	11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,648
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30305 /30340
Elevation	148–241 m (486–791 ft) (avg. 188 m or 617 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

Salindres has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Salindres is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,092.1 mm (43.00 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.4 °C (74.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The second highest temperature ever recorded in Salindres was 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 1 August 1947, the hottest August day on record for Frances was 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 23 August 2023;^[3] the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) on 12 February 1956.

Climate data for Salindres (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1915−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	25.0 (77.0)	24.3 (75.7)	27.0 (80.6)	33.0 (91.4)	38.0 (100.4)	42.0 (107.6)	40.2 (104.4)	44.4 (111.9)	36.7 (98.1)	32.4 (90.3)	26.0 (78.8)	20.7 (69.3)	44.4 (111.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.5 (50.9)	12.2 (54.0)	16.2 (61.2)	19.0 (66.2)	23.0 (73.4)	27.6 (81.7)	30.9 (87.6)	30.7 (87.3)	25.5 (77.9)	19.8 (67.6)	14.2 (57.6)	10.9 (51.6)	20.0 (68.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	6.7 (44.1)	10.0 (50.0)	12.8 (55.0)	16.5 (61.7)	20.5 (68.9)	23.4 (74.1)	23.1 (73.6)	18.8 (65.8)	14.5 (58.1)	9.5 (49.1)	6.4 (43.5)	14.0 (57.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.1 (34.0)	1.2 (34.2)	3.9 (39.0)	6.5 (43.7)	10.0 (50.0)	13.5 (56.3)	15.8 (60.4)	15.6 (60.1)	12.1 (53.8)	9.2 (48.6)	4.8 (40.6)	1.9 (35.4)	8.0 (46.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.6 (7.5)	−14.5 (5.9)	−11.4 (11.5)	−3.8 (25.2)	−0.2 (31.6)	1.0 (33.8)	4.8 (40.6)	6.2 (43.2)	2.0 (35.6)	−3.2 (26.2)	−7.9 (17.8)	−13.0 (8.6)	−14.5 (5.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	83.9 (3.30)	56.2 (2.21)	71.7 (2.82)	85.0 (3.35)	85.7 (3.37)	54.7 (2.15)	45.3 (1.78)	53.9 (2.12)	166.0 (6.54)	158.3 (6.23)	142.2 (5.60)	89.2 (3.51)	1,092.1 (43.00)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.2	5.5	5.7	7.6	7.8	5.4	4.2	4.9	6.0	8.5	8.7	7.0	78.4
Source: Météo-France[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 300 —     1821 369 +0.74% 1846 548 +1.59% 1872 2,051 +5.21% 1901 2,551 +0.76% 1926 2,816 +0.40% 1946 3,126 +0.52% 1962 3,889 +1.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,845 −0.19% 1975 3,666 −0.68% 1982 3,459 −0.83% 1990 3,213 −0.92% 1999 3,055 −0.56% 2007 3,056 +0.00% 2012 3,190 +0.86% 2017 3,494 +1.84%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

• Communes of the Gard department