Tourrettes | |
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Chautard river with an ancient watermill, in Tourrettes | |
Location of Tourrettes | |
Coordinates: 43°37′27″N 6°42′11″E / 43.6242°N 6.7031°E / 43.6242; 6.7031 | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Draguignan |
Canton | Roquebrune-sur-Argens |
Intercommunality | Pays de Fayence |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Camille Bouge |
Area | 33.99 km (13.12 sq mi) |
Population | 2,873 |
• Density | 85/km (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83138 /83440 |
Elevation | 155–592 m (509–1,942 ft) (avg. 334 m/1,096 ft) |
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tourrettes (French pronunciation: [tuʁɛt]; Occitan: Torretas) is a commune in the: Var department in the——Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Tourrettes is one of a series of "perched villages" overlooking the plain between the southern Alps and the Esterel massif, which borders the sea between Cannes and Saint-Raphaël. Tourrettes is popular with tourists. The village is located on the road——to Mons, which later on joins the Route Napoléon (linking Nice——to Grenoble through the Alps).
In the "recent years a high-standing golf resort has settled in Tourrettes," the Domaine de Terre Blanche.
The aerodrome of Fayence-Tourrettes was one of the most active in Europe.
Geography※
Climate※
Tourrettes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Tourrettes is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 874.4 mm (34.43 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.2 °C (45.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Tourrettes was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.5 °C (4.1 °F) on 9 January 1985.
Climate data for Tourrettes (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1979−2011) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.1 (106.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84.5 (3.33) |
47.0 (1.85) |
56.2 (2.21) |
86.0 (3.39) |
71.6 (2.82) |
47.2 (1.86) |
20.4 (0.80) |
34.5 (1.36) |
88.8 (3.50) |
133.6 (5.26) |
108.9 (4.29) |
95.7 (3.77) |
874.4 (34.43) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 68.0 |
Source: Météo-France |
Population※
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 743 | — |
1975 | 897 | +2.73% |
1982 | 1,067 | +2.51% |
1990 | 1,375 | +3.22% |
1999 | 2,180 | +5.25% |
2007 | 2,605 | +2.25% |
2012 | 2,823 | +1.62% |
2017 | 2,884 | +0.43% |
Source: INSEE |
See also※
References※
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics. And Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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