Saint-Girons, Ariège
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General view of the town
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Country | France | |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées | |
Department | Ariège | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Girons | |
Canton | Saint-Girons | |
Intercommunality | Saint-Girons | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | François Murillo | |
Area1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 6,579 | |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 09261 / 09200 | |
Elevation | 387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Saint-Girons (French: [sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
History
Antiquity
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
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
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) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.6 (101.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.0 (77) |
38.9 (102) |
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) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.9 (48) |
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) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.1 (30) |
2.2 (36) |
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 (2.425) |
80.2 (3.157) |
104.6 (4.118) |
101.8 (4.008) |
77.4 (3.047) |
52.2 (2.055) |
72.6 (2.858) |
73.0 (2.874) |
80.1 (3.154) |
82.0 (3.228) |
83.4 (3.283) |
952.2 (37.488) |
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[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Source #2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[3] |
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 2,749 | — |
1800 | 3,054 | +11.1% |
1806 | 3,348 | +9.6% |
1821 | 3,868 | +15.5% |
1831 | 4,381 | +13.3% |
1836 | 4,282 | −2.3% |
1841 | 3,901 | −8.9% |
1846 | 4,142 | +6.2% |
1851 | 3,981 | −3.9% |
1856 | 4,005 | +0.6% |
1861 | 4,576 | +14.3% |
1866 | 4,745 | +3.7% |
1872 | 4,690 | −1.2% |
1876 | 4,953 | +5.6% |
1881 | 5,191 | +4.8% |
1886 | 5,459 | +5.2% |
1891 | 5,448 | −0.2% |
1896 | 5,915 | +8.6% |
1901 | 6,018 | +1.7% |
1906 | 5,990 | −0.5% |
1911 | 5,929 | −1.0% |
1921 | 5,749 | −3.0% |
1926 | 6,178 | +7.5% |
1931 | 6,120 | −0.9% |
1936 | 6,406 | +4.7% |
1946 | 7,026 | +9.7% |
1954 | 6,841 | −2.6% |
1962 | 7,368 | +7.7% |
1968 | 7,971 | +8.2% |
1975 | 8,130 | +2.0% |
1982 | 7,260 | −10.7% |
1990 | 6,596 | −9.1% |
1999 | 6,254 | −5.2% |
2008 | 6,579 | +5.2% |
Sport
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.
State 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Girons, Ariège. |