Montdardier (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃daʁdje]; Occitan: Montdardièr) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Montdardier has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) closely bordering on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). The average annual temperature in Montdardier is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,487.0 mm (58.54 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.9 °C (71.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montdardier was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.0 °C (8.6 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Montdardier (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2010−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 148.8 (5.86) |
89.9 (3.54) |
96.5 (3.80) |
137.1 (5.40) |
103.3 (4.07) |
72.3 (2.85) |
42.8 (1.69) |
45.0 (1.77) |
156.4 (6.16) |
231.1 (9.10) |
216.2 (8.51) |
147.6 (5.81) |
1,487 (58.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 91.7 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 215 | — |
| 1975 | 197 | −1.24% |
| 1982 | 178 | −1.44% |
| 1990 | 157 | −1.56% |
| 1999 | 187 | +1.96% |
| 2007 | 193 | +0.40% |
| 2012 | 202 | +0.92% |
| 2017 | 201 | −0.10% |
| 2023 | 209 | +0.65% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sights
- The castle in neo-gothic style
- La Tude massif
- The church
Several quarries above Montdardier were formerly important sources of lithographic limestone. Stone from these quarries, marketed as Vigan stone, earned an honorable mention in the Great Exhibition of 1851.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Class I, Report on Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations, and Mineral Products, Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes Into Which the Exhibition was Divided, Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851, Clowes, London, 1852; page 28.
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