Arbéost
Arbéost  | |
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Location of Arbéost  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°59′57″N 0°17′03″W / 42.9992°N 0.2842°W | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Occitania | 
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | 
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | 
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Cyrille Fraize[1] | 
Area 1  | 14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 78 | 
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (14/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 65018 /65560  | 
| Elevation | 555–2,480 m (1,821–8,136 ft)  (avg. 780 m or 2,560 ft)  | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arbéost (French pronunciation: [aʁbeɔst]; Occitan: Arbiost) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Geography
Climate
Arbéost has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arbéost is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,411.1 mm (55.56 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C (39.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arbéost was 35.8 °C (96.4 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) on 8 February 2012.
| Climate data for Arbéost (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2)  | 
23.5 (74.3)  | 
23.2 (73.8)  | 
25.4 (77.7)  | 
31.4 (88.5)  | 
35.8 (96.4)  | 
34.3 (93.7)  | 
34.3 (93.7)  | 
30.7 (87.3)  | 
26.5 (79.7)  | 
24.5 (76.1)  | 
22.9 (73.2)  | 
35.8 (96.4)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4)  | 
8.7 (47.7)  | 
10.5 (50.9)  | 
13.0 (55.4)  | 
15.5 (59.9)  | 
19.2 (66.6)  | 
21.3 (70.3)  | 
21.4 (70.5)  | 
19.1 (66.4)  | 
16.1 (61.0)  | 
11.5 (52.7)  | 
9.5 (49.1)  | 
14.5 (58.1)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6)  | 
4.3 (39.7)  | 
6.3 (43.3)  | 
8.8 (47.8)  | 
11.2 (52.2)  | 
14.7 (58.5)  | 
16.8 (62.2)  | 
17.0 (62.6)  | 
14.7 (58.5)  | 
11.8 (53.2)  | 
7.6 (45.7)  | 
5.5 (41.9)  | 
10.2 (50.4)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5)  | 
0.0 (32.0)  | 
2.0 (35.6)  | 
4.5 (40.1)  | 
7.0 (44.6)  | 
10.2 (50.4)  | 
12.4 (54.3)  | 
12.7 (54.9)  | 
10.3 (50.5)  | 
7.6 (45.7)  | 
3.8 (38.8)  | 
1.5 (34.7)  | 
6.0 (42.8)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4)  | 
−14.9 (5.2)  | 
−9.8 (14.4)  | 
−6.3 (20.7)  | 
−1.5 (29.3)  | 
1.4 (34.5)  | 
4.9 (40.8)  | 
5.5 (41.9)  | 
0.5 (32.9)  | 
−3.1 (26.4)  | 
−7.5 (18.5)  | 
−11.4 (11.5)  | 
−14.9 (5.2)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 155.1 (6.11)  | 
123.1 (4.85)  | 
113.5 (4.47)  | 
125.7 (4.95)  | 
136.3 (5.37)  | 
127.9 (5.04)  | 
101.0 (3.98)  | 
69.1 (2.72)  | 
68.5 (2.70)  | 
97.2 (3.83)  | 
184.5 (7.26)  | 
109.2 (4.30)  | 
1,411.1 (55.56)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.4 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 145.6 | 
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | 
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 200 | — | 
| 1975 | 164 | −2.80% | 
| 1982 | 145 | −1.74% | 
| 1990 | 128 | −1.55% | 
| 1999 | 121 | −0.62% | 
| 2009 | 89 | −3.02% | 
| 2014 | 85 | −0.92% | 
| 2020 | 82 | −0.60% | 
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
 - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
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