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Les Avirons

Coordinates: 21°14′31″S 55°20′00″E / 21.2419°S 55.3333°E / -21.2419; 55.3333
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Les Avirons
Coat of arms of Les Avirons
Location of Les Avirons
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Coordinates: 21°14′31″S 55°20′00″E / 21.2419°S 55.3333°E / -21.2419; 55.3333
CountryFrance
Overseas region and departmentRéunion
ArrondissementSaint-Pierre
CantonL'Étang-Salé
IntercommunalityVilles solidaires
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Eric Ferrere[1]
Area
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26.27 km2 (10.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
11,434
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+04:00
INSEE/Postal code
97401 /97425
Elevation0–2,565 m (0–8,415 ft)
(avg. 268 m or 879 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Avirons (French pronunciation: [lez‿aviʁɔ̃], meaning "the oars" in French), is a commune in the Réunion overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean. It borders the communes of Saint-Leu, Cilaos, Saint-Louis and L'Étang-Salé, and 150 metres of coastline.

Geography

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Climate

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Les Avirons has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Les Avirons is 24.2 °C (75.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 805.2 mm (31.70 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 27.2 °C (81.0 °F), and lowest in July, at around 21.0 °C (69.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Avirons was 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) on 22 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) on 1 August 2003.

Climate data for Les Avirons (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2002−2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.8
(98.2)
36.5
(97.7)
35.6
(96.1)
33.5
(92.3)
32.4
(90.3)
29.6
(85.3)
30.4
(86.7)
28.4
(83.1)
30.2
(86.4)
31.2
(88.2)
33.2
(91.8)
34.6
(94.3)
36.8
(98.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3)
31.0
(87.8)
30.5
(86.9)
29.3
(84.7)
27.3
(81.1)
25.6
(78.1)
24.7
(76.5)
25.0
(77.0)
26.1
(79.0)
27.5
(81.5)
29.2
(84.6)
30.6
(87.1)
28.2
(82.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.2
(81.0)
27.1
(80.8)
26.5
(79.7)
25.4
(77.7)
23.6
(74.5)
22.0
(71.6)
21.0
(69.8)
21.1
(70.0)
21.9
(71.4)
23.2
(73.8)
24.7
(76.5)
26.3
(79.3)
24.2
(75.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.1
(73.6)
23.2
(73.8)
22.6
(72.7)
21.5
(70.7)
19.9
(67.8)
18.3
(64.9)
17.3
(63.1)
17.1
(62.8)
17.7
(63.9)
18.9
(66.0)
20.3
(68.5)
22.1
(71.8)
20.2
(68.4)
Record low °C (°F) 20.0
(68.0)
20.0
(68.0)
19.5
(67.1)
18.0
(64.4)
15.0
(59.0)
13.8
(56.8)
14.4
(57.9)
13.7
(56.7)
14.2
(57.6)
14.2
(57.6)
16.4
(61.5)
19.3
(66.7)
13.7
(56.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 148.0
(5.83)
126.8
(4.99)
110.7
(4.36)
89.3
(3.52)
53.0
(2.09)
46.1
(1.81)
50.8
(2.00)
26.5
(1.04)
24.6
(0.97)
26.9
(1.06)
33.9
(1.33)
68.6
(2.70)
805.2
(31.70)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8.4 7.9 7.3 6.1 4.8 4.2 4.4 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.8 5.1 58.9
Source: Météo-France[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1967 4,547—    
1974 4,863+0.96%
1982 5,150+0.72%
1990 5,935+1.79%
1999 7,172+2.13%
2007 10,093+4.36%
2012 11,181+2.07%
2017 11,345+0.29%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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