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Commune in Occitania, France

Arbéost
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°59′57″N 0°17′03″W / 42.9992°N 0.2842°W / 42.9992; -0.2842
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026) Cyrille Fraize[1]
Area1 14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population (2021)[2] 80
• Density 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 65018 /65560
Elevation 555–2,480 m (1,821–8,136 ft) (avg. 780 m or 2,560 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arbéost (French pronunciation: [aʁbeɔst]; Occitan: Arbiost) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

Arbéost has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Arbéost is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,411.1 mm (55.56 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C (39.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Arbéost was 35.8 °C (96.4 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) on 8 February 2012.

Climate data for Arbéost (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 19.0(66.2) 23.5(74.3) 23.2(73.8) 25.4(77.7) 31.4(88.5) 35.8(96.4) 34.3(93.7) 34.3(93.7) 30.7(87.3) 26.5(79.7) 24.5(76.1) 22.9(73.2) 35.8(96.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.0(46.4) 8.7(47.7) 10.5(50.9) 13.0(55.4) 15.5(59.9) 19.2(66.6) 21.3(70.3) 21.4(70.5) 19.1(66.4) 16.1(61.0) 11.5(52.7) 9.5(49.1) 14.5(58.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.2(39.6) 4.3(39.7) 6.3(43.3) 8.8(47.8) 11.2(52.2) 14.7(58.5) 16.8(62.2) 17.0(62.6) 14.7(58.5) 11.8(53.2) 7.6(45.7) 5.5(41.9) 10.2(50.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.3(32.5) 0.0(32.0) 2.0(35.6) 4.5(40.1) 7.0(44.6) 10.2(50.4) 12.4(54.3) 12.7(54.9) 10.3(50.5) 7.6(45.7) 3.8(38.8) 1.5(34.7) 6.0(42.8)
Record low °C (°F) −12.0(10.4) −14.9(5.2) −9.8(14.4) −6.3(20.7) −1.5(29.3) 1.4(34.5) 4.9(40.8) 5.5(41.9) 0.5(32.9) −3.1(26.4) −7.5(18.5) −11.4(11.5) −14.9(5.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 155.1(6.11) 123.1(4.85) 113.5(4.47) 125.7(4.95) 136.3(5.37) 127.9(5.04) 101.0(3.98) 69.1(2.72) 68.5(2.70) 97.2(3.83) 184.5(7.26) 109.2(4.30) 1,411.1(55.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 13.4 11.8 12.9 13.4 14.9 13.5 11.2 10.0 9.6 10.3 13.3 11.3 145.6
Source: Météo-France[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 200
1975 164 −2.80%
1982 145 −1.74%
1990 128 −1.55%
1999 121 −0.62%
2009 89 −3.02%
2014 85 −0.92%
2020 82 −0.60%
Source: INSEE[4]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  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 September 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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