Loudes
Loudes | |
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Commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Loudes | |
Loudes Loudes | |
| Coordinates: 45°05′20″N 3°44′58″E / 45.0889°N 3.7494°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Saint-Paulien |
| Intercommunality | CA du Puy-en-Velay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Barbalat[1] |
Area 1 | 24.33 km2 (9.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 944 |
| • Density | 38.8/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43124 /43320 |
| Elevation | 759–1,042 m (2,490–3,419 ft) (avg. 836 m or 2,743 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Loudes (French pronunciation: [lud]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 823 | — |
| 1975 | 750 | −1.32% |
| 1982 | 731 | −0.37% |
| 1990 | 772 | +0.68% |
| 1999 | 804 | +0.45% |
| 2009 | 869 | +0.78% |
| 2014 | 895 | +0.59% |
| 2020 | 938 | +0.79% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Climate
| Climate data for Loudes (1991–2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−23.2 (−9.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.6 (1.52) |
28.9 (1.14) |
33.6 (1.32) |
58.5 (2.30) |
73.8 (2.91) |
74.4 (2.93) |
71.4 (2.81) |
61.0 (2.40) |
68.5 (2.70) |
67.2 (2.65) |
65.1 (2.56) |
41.4 (1.63) |
682.4 (26.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 94.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 88.8 | 111.8 | 167.8 | 171.4 | 194.5 | 225.3 | 263.5 | 244.8 | 184.8 | 128.3 | 87.8 | 83.0 | 1,951.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Normals and records for Le Puy-Loudes (43)" (in French). Meteociel. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
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