Prades-le-Lez
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A general view of Prades-le-Lez | |
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| Coordinates: 43°42′00″N 3°51′56″E / 43.7°N 3.8656°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Montpellier |
| Canton | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc |
| Intercommunality | Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florence Brau[1] |
Area 1 | 8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 6,184 |
| • Density | 696/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34217 /34730 |
| Elevation | 53–134 m (174–440 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Prades-le-Lez (French pronunciation: [pʁad lə lɛz] ⓘ; Occitan: Pradas de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Prades-le-Lez has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Prades-le-Lez is 14.3 °C (57.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 852.2 mm (33.55 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Prades-le-Lez was 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.6 °C (5.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
| Climate data for Prades-le-Lez (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.7 (94.5) |
44.4 (111.9) |
39.5 (103.1) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
34.3 (93.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
44.4 (111.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.2 (3.08) |
68.3 (2.69) |
43.6 (1.72) |
70.1 (2.76) |
61.1 (2.41) |
46.0 (1.81) |
24.1 (0.95) |
40.3 (1.59) |
106.0 (4.17) |
117.7 (4.63) |
99.7 (3.93) |
97.1 (3.82) |
852.2 (33.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 67.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Prades le Lez (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Prades-le-Lez, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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