Vidauban (French pronunciation: [vidobɑ̃]) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Vidauban | |
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 The River Aille and waterfall, next to the former sawmill, in Vidauban | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vidauban  | |
  Vidauban  Vidauban | |
| Coordinates: 43°25′34″N 6°25′57″E / 43.4262°N 6.4325°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Vidauban |
| Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Pianetti[1] |
| Area 1 | 73 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 12,573 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83148 /83550 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It lies on the bank of the river Argens.
Geography
editClimate
editVidauban has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vidauban is 15.6 °C (60.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,008.5 mm (39.70 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vidauban was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 2 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.4 °C (18.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
| Climate data for Vidauban (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
40.1 (104.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.7 (3.06) |
93.8 (3.69) |
84.0 (3.31) |
72.7 (2.86) |
54.0 (2.13) |
67.2 (2.65) |
16.1 (0.63) |
20.7 (0.81) |
58.6 (2.31) |
145.1 (5.71) |
210.7 (8.30) |
107.9 (4.25) |
1,008.5 (39.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 66.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
editSince the beginning of the 1980s Vidauban has experienced strong population growth. Within 20 years the population has more than doubled.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,757 | — |
| 1975 | 2,930 | +0.87% |
| 1982 | 3,805 | +3.80% |
| 1990 | 5,460 | +4.62% |
| 1999 | 7,311 | +3.30% |
| 2007 | 9,545 | +3.39% |
| 2012 | 10,908 | +2.71% |
| 2017 | 11,907 | +1.77% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE