Le Luc
Le Luc en Provence | |
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 The hexagonal tower in Le Luc | |
_moderne.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Luc en Provence  | |
  Le Luc en Provence  Le Luc en Provence | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′44″N 6°18′48″E / 43.3956°N 6.3133°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| 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 (Provençal: Lo 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 an average of about 128 days per year (source: Météo Climat stats, calculated over the period 1981-2010, http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-1-83.php), Le Luc is one of the municipalities with the highest number of "warm days" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25°C. As to "hot days", the average is of about 62 days per year (ie. maximum temperature greater or equal to 30°C). And finally, as to "very hot days", the average is of about 9 days per year (ie. maximum temperature greater or equal to 35°C).
Climate
| Climate data for Le Luc (Var department, France; updated 1981–2010 normals, & extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
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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) |
42.2 (108.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| 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) | 72.0 (2.83) |
42.0 (1.65) |
48.0 (1.89) |
67.0 (2.64) |
55.0 (2.17) |
39.0 (1.54) |
16.0 (0.63) |
31.0 (1.22) |
84.0 (3.31) |
112.0 (4.41) |
123.0 (4.84) |
73.0 (2.87) |
762.0 (30.00) |
| Average precipitation days | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 63.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 43 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 150.0 | 170.0 | 225.0 | 230.0 | 275.0 | 315.0 | 360.0 | 325.0 | 250.0 | 180.0 | 150.0 | 135.0 | 2,765 |
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Demographics
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Population | 3610 | 4266 | 5626 | 6049 | 6929 | 7282 | 8825 | 9956 |
See also
References
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