Le Luc
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Le Luc
Lo Luc (Occitan) | |
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 The hexagonal tower in Le Luc | |
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Location of Le Luc  | |
  Le Luc  Le Luc | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′44″N 6°18′48″E / 43.3956°N 6.3133°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Le Luc |
| Intercommunality | Cœur du Var |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Lain[1] (DVD) |
Area 1 | 44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 11,124 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83073 /83340 |
| Elevation | 79–400 m (259–1,312 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Luc (French pronunciation: [lə lyk]; Provençal: Lo Luc), also known as Le Luc-en-Provence (Lo Luc de Provença), is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Luc is the seat of its own canton, the larger canton of Le Luc.
Climate
With an average of about 128 days per year (source: Météo Climat stats, calculated over the period 1981–2010),[3] Le Luc is one of the communes with the highest number of "warm days" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25 °C.
As to "hot days", the average is of about 62 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 30 °C). As to "very hot days", the average is of about 9 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 35 °C).
| Town | Sunshine (hours/yr) |
Rain (mm/yr) |
Snow (days/yr) |
Storm (days/yr) |
Fog (days/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1,973 | 770 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| Le Luc | 2,753.2 | 766.1 | 1.8 | 31 | 39.5[5] |
| Paris | 1,661 | 637 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| Nice | 2,724 | 767 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Strasbourg | 1,693 | 665 | 29 | 29 | 56 |
| Brest | 1,605 | 1,211 | 7 | 12 | 75 |
| Climate data for Le Luc (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.7 (108.9) |
42.2 (108.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.5 (2.85) |
48.1 (1.89) |
52.3 (2.06) |
67.1 (2.64) |
56.4 (2.22) |
50.7 (2.00) |
16.3 (0.64) |
33.7 (1.33) |
86.6 (3.41) |
128.9 (5.07) |
141.0 (5.55) |
78.7 (3.10) |
832.3 (32.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 64.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 43 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.4 | 165.7 | 218.1 | 231.9 | 275.6 | 320.2 | 359.1 | 324.8 | 248.9 | 179.1 | 143.4 | 137.2 | 2,752.4 |
| Source 1: Meteo France[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,266 | — |
| 1975 | 5,626 | +4.03% |
| 1982 | 6,049 | +1.04% |
| 1990 | 6,929 | +1.71% |
| 1999 | 7,282 | +0.55% |
| 2009 | 9,270 | +2.44% |
| 2014 | 10,502 | +2.53% |
| 2020 | 11,058 | +0.86% |
| Source: INSEE[10] | ||
Inhabitants of Le Luc are called Lucois (masculine) and Lucoises (feminine) in French.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ 1981–2010
- ^ Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Brest
- ^ "Normales climatiques 1981-2010 : Le Luc". www.lameteo.org. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Le Luc" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Climat Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Le–Luc (83)" (PDF). Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1991–2020 et records (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Le Luc - Le Cannet-des-Maures (83) - altitude 80m" (in French). Infoclimat. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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