Giron, Ain
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Giron | |
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Commune | |
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Location of Giron  | |
  Giron  Giron | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′00″N 5°46′00″E / 46.2333°N 5.7667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Nantua |
| Canton | Valserhône |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florian Moine[1] |
Area 1 | 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 176 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01174 /01130 |
| Elevation | 779–1,206 m (2,556–3,957 ft) (avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Giron (French pronunciation: [ʒiʁɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Giron has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Giron is 8.4 °C (47.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,672.4 mm (65.84 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.3 °C (32.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Giron was 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Giron (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1986−2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.8 (92.8) |
36.5 (97.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.0 (−9.4) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 165.8 (6.53) |
140.0 (5.51) |
138.8 (5.46) |
112.2 (4.42) |
144.8 (5.70) |
120.1 (4.73) |
115.6 (4.55) |
122.0 (4.80) |
121.7 (4.79) |
150.0 (5.91) |
164.1 (6.46) |
177.3 (6.98) |
1,672.4 (65.84) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 141.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 118 | — |
| 1975 | 100 | −2.34% |
| 1982 | 99 | −0.14% |
| 1990 | 88 | −1.46% |
| 1999 | 100 | +1.43% |
| 2009 | 154 | +4.41% |
| 2014 | 175 | +2.59% |
| 2020 | 176 | +0.10% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 10 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
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