Saint-Girons | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
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Location of Saint-Girons  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E / 42.9858°N 1.1467°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Couserans Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | François Murillo |
| Area 1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 6,383 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09261 /09200 |
| Elevation | 387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Girons (French: [sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
History
Antiquity
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Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.
Foundation
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The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church, around which the city later developed.
Climate
Saint-Girons has a moderate but warm oceanic climate, that is quite prone to temporary vast extremes in temperature as a result of its inland position.
| Climate data for Saint-Girons, Ariège (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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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) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.6 (101.5) | 36.5 (97.7) | 33.3 (91.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 38.9 (102.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 17.7 (63.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 0.9 (33.6) | 7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −16.5 (2.3) | −12.8 (9.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.2 (36.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 1.3 (34.3) | −4.0 (24.8) | −10.2 (13.6) | −12.3 (9.9) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 83.3 (3.28) | 61.6 (2.43) | 80.2 (3.16) | 104.6 (4.12) | 101.8 (4.01) | 77.4 (3.05) | 52.2 (2.06) | 72.6 (2.86) | 73.0 (2.87) | 80.1 (3.15) | 82.0 (3.23) | 83.4 (3.28) | 952.2 (37.49) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 118.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 77.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 119.3 | 130.5 | 169.2 | 168.7 | 179.4 | 189.3 | 204.6 | 207.2 | 190.1 | 152.4 | 117.2 | 108.7 | 1,936.3 |
| Source 1: Météo France[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.
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Sport
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.
Stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Saint-Girons" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "Climat Midi-Pyrénées" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Saint-Girons - Antichan (09) - altitude 411m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved January 8, 2016.