Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
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Coordinates: 44°05′07″N 4°04′39″E / 44.0853°N 4.0775°ECoordinates: 44°05′07″N 4°04′39″E / 44.0853°N 4.0775°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Gard |
Arrondissement | Alès |
Canton | Alès-1 |
Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Charles Benezet[1] |
Area 1 | 20.25 km2 (7.82 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 7,042 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 30243 /30380 |
Elevation | 103–391 m (338–1,283 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kʁistɔl lɛ.z‿alɛs], literally Saint-Christol near Alès; Occitan: Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Climate[]
Temperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès and Conqueyrac on 12 August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.[3] They were France's highest temperatures ever recorded until 28 June 2019, when temperatures reached as high as 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in southern France.[4]
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 726 | — |
1846 | 1,260 | +73.6% |
1901 | 1,397 | +10.9% |
1926 | 1,433 | +2.6% |
1946 | 1,580 | +10.3% |
1962 | 2,025 | +28.2% |
1968 | 2,595 | +28.1% |
1975 | 3,304 | +27.3% |
1982 | 3,970 | +20.2% |
1990 | 4,973 | +25.3% |
1999 | 5,492 | +10.4% |
2008 | 6,544 | +19.2% |
2012 | 6,776 | +3.5% |
See also[]
- Communes of the Gard department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Météo France
- ^ "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. June 28, 2019.
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