Montarnaud

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montarnaud

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Pugens^[1]Area

27.53 km² (10.63 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,164 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

34163 /34570

Elevation95–315 m (312–1,033 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montarnaud (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃taʁno]) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Montarnaud has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montarnaud is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 869.9 mm (34.25 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montarnaud was 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 16 January 1985.

Climate data for Montarnaud (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1980−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.0 (69.8)	24.3 (75.7)	29.5 (85.1)	29.1 (84.4)	34.0 (93.2)	44.1 (111.4)	40.5 (104.9)	41.5 (106.7)	34.8 (94.6)	33.0 (91.4)	23.8 (74.8)	21.2 (70.2)	44.1 (111.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.4 (52.5)	12.3 (54.1)	15.7 (60.3)	18.0 (64.4)	21.9 (71.4)	26.7 (80.1)	30.1 (86.2)	29.7 (85.5)	25.1 (77.2)	19.8 (67.6)	14.5 (58.1)	11.7 (53.1)	19.8 (67.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.4 (43.5)	6.9 (44.4)	9.9 (49.8)	12.4 (54.3)	16.0 (60.8)	20.3 (68.5)	23.2 (73.8)	22.8 (73.0)	18.9 (66.0)	15.0 (59.0)	9.8 (49.6)	7.0 (44.6)	14.1 (57.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.4 (34.5)	1.5 (34.7)	4.1 (39.4)	6.7 (44.1)	10.2 (50.4)	13.8 (56.8)	16.3 (61.3)	15.9 (60.6)	12.6 (54.7)	10.1 (50.2)	5.1 (41.2)	2.2 (36.0)	8.4 (47.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−15.0 (5.0)	−11.2 (11.8)	−9.0 (15.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	0.5 (32.9)	3.0 (37.4)	5.5 (41.9)	5.5 (41.9)	2.5 (36.5)	−5.0 (23.0)	−8.5 (16.7)	−12.0 (10.4)	−15.0 (5.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	80.5 (3.17)	65.2 (2.57)	43.6 (1.72)	71.1 (2.80)	62.7 (2.47)	40.6 (1.60)	26.3 (1.04)	39.5 (1.56)	98.2 (3.87)	132.1 (5.20)	103.5 (4.07)	106.6 (4.20)	869.9 (34.25)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	5.2	5.3	6.1	6.5	4.6	2.6	4.1	4.9	7.6	7.2	6.7	67.3
Source: Meteociel^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	602	—
1975	675	+1.65%
1982	1,016	+6.02%
1990	1,689	+6.56%
1999	2,350	+3.74%
2007	2,466	+0.60%
2012	2,553	+0.70%
2017	3,754	+8.02%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Normales et records pour Montarnaud (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE