Puéchabon
Commune in Occitania, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puéchabon (French pronunciation: [pɥeʃabɔ̃]; Occitan: Puèg-Abon, [pɥɛt͡ʃ.a'bu]) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
Puéchabon
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 A general view of Puéchabon | |
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Location of Puéchabon  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°42′55″N 3°37′06″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hérault |
| Arrondissement | Lodève |
| Canton | Gignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de l'Hérault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Peyraud[1] |
| Area 1 | 31.26 km2 (12.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 504 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Puéchabonais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 34221 /34150 |
| Elevation | 54–483 m (177–1,585 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| Website | communedepuechabon.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The commune borders Causse-de-la-Selle to the north, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert to the north and west, Aniane to the south, and La Boissière to the southeast.
Climate
In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the 1971-2000 period.[3] In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a Mediterranean climate and is part of the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5 °C (71 °F), very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.[4]
For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14 °C (57 °F) with an annual atmospheric temperature of 16 °C (61 °F). The average annual total rainfall during this period was 931 mm, with 6.9 days of precipitation in January and 3.1 days in July.[3] For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Saint-André-de-Sangonis, 12 kilometres (7 mi) away as the crow flies,[5] is 15.5 °C (60 °F), and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.[6][7]
For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[8]
Typology
As of January 1, 2024, Puéchabon is classified as an ‘commune rurale à habitat dispersé’ (rural commune with dispersed settlement) according to the new seven-level commune density grid established by Insee in 2022.[l 1] The commune is located outside of any urban unit.[l 2] Additionally, Puéchabon belongs to the Montpellier attraction area, where it is designated as a commuter town.[Note 1][l 2] This area, encompassing 161 communes, falls under the category of areas with 700,000 inhabitants or more (excluding Paris).[l 3]
Land Use
The land use in the commune, as recorded in the European biophysical land use database, Corine Land Cover (CLC), is characterized by a high proportion of forests and semi-natural habitats, accounting 90.8 % in 2018, an approximately equivalent proportion compared to that of 1990, 91.2%. The detailed distribution in 2018 was as follows: shrub and/or herbaceous vegetation environments (67.4%), forests (20.3%), permanent crops (7%), open spaces, with little or no vegetation (3.1%), urban areas (1.1%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (1.1%).[9] Changes in the commune’s land use and infrastructure can be observed on various cartographic representations of the area: the Cassini map (18th century), the military topographic map (1820–1866), and IGN maps or aerial photographs from 1950 to the present day.[Map 1]
Changes in the number of inhabitants have been documented through population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. For communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a full census of the population is conducted every five years, with the legal populations for the intervening years estimated through interpolation or extrapolation.[10] For this commune, the first complete census under the new system was carried out in 2005.[11]
In 2021, the commune had a population of 504,[Note 2] reflecting an increase of +5.88 since 2015 (Hérault: +7.29%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.84%).
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