Le Luc
Le Luc en Provence | |
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 The hexagonal tower in Le Luc | |
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Location of Le Luc en Provence  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Le Luc |
| Intercommunality | Cœur du Var |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Philippe De La Grange (FN) |
| Area 1 | 44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | 9,956 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83073 /83340 |
| Elevation | 79–400 m (259–1,312 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Luc (also known as Le Luc-en-Provence) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Le Luc is the capital of its own canton Canton of Le Luc.
Residents of Luc are called the Lucois-es.
With 119.3 days per year (source: Meteo France, calculated over the period 1971-2000), Le Luc is one of the municipality with the most "summer day" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25°C.
Climate
| Climate data for Le luc (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
42.7 (108.9) |
41.0 (105.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 71.5 (2.81) |
40.8 (1.61) |
45.0 (1.77) |
70.1 (2.76) |
59.0 (2.32) |
48.5 (1.91) |
17.2 (0.68) |
45.0 (1.77) |
79.5 (3.13) |
118.5 (4.67) |
99.0 (3.90) |
82.6 (3.25) |
776.7 (30.58) |
| Average precipitation days | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 64.0 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 43 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 150.9 | 169.4 | 224.5 | 227.9 | 273.0 | 315.0 | 357.2 | 321.4 | 247.8 | 175.4 | 147.1 | 134.6 | 2,744.2 |
| Source 1: Meteo France[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3610 | 4266 | 5626 | 6049 | 6929 | 7282 | 8825 | 9956 |
See also
References
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Le Luc" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Climat Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Le Luc - Le Cannet-des-Maures (83) - altitude 80m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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