Brouzet-lès-Alès

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Brouzet-lès-Alès

(2020–2026) Matthieu Testard^[1]Area

13.03 km² (5.03 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

676 • Density52/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30055 /30580

Elevation159–623 m (522–2,044 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brouzet-lès-Alès (French pronunciation: [bʁuzɛ lɛ.z‿alɛs], literally Brouzet near Alès; Occitan: Broset d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Brouzet-lès-Alès has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Brouzet-lès-Alès is 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 923.9 mm (36.37 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.9 °C (73.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Brouzet-lès-Alès was 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.7 °C (10.9 °F) on 5 February 2012.

Climate data for Brouzet-lès-Alès (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2011−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	19.0 (66.2)	21.4 (70.5)	24.0 (75.2)	27.0 (80.6)	30.1 (86.2)	39.8 (103.6)	35.9 (96.6)	37.5 (99.5)	33.6 (92.5)	28.2 (82.8)	21.5 (70.7)	17.5 (63.5)	39.8 (103.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.2 (46.8)	9.0 (48.2)	13.4 (56.1)	16.6 (61.9)	20.1 (68.2)	25.3 (77.5)	28.6 (83.5)	28.0 (82.4)	23.3 (73.9)	17.4 (63.3)	11.9 (53.4)	9.3 (48.7)	17.6 (63.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.4 (41.7)	5.5 (41.9)	9.3 (48.7)	12.2 (54.0)	15.4 (59.7)	20.1 (68.2)	22.9 (73.2)	22.6 (72.7)	18.8 (65.8)	14.0 (57.2)	9.1 (48.4)	6.6 (43.9)	13.5 (56.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.5 (36.5)	2.0 (35.6)	5.1 (41.2)	7.8 (46.0)	10.6 (51.1)	14.9 (58.8)	17.3 (63.1)	17.2 (63.0)	14.2 (57.6)	10.6 (51.1)	6.4 (43.5)	3.9 (39.0)	9.4 (48.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−6.4 (20.5)	−11.7 (10.9)	−3.8 (25.2)	−1.4 (29.5)	2.2 (36.0)	6.9 (44.4)	10.5 (50.9)	9.6 (49.3)	4.9 (40.8)	−0.7 (30.7)	−4.1 (24.6)	−4.5 (23.9)	−11.7 (10.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	79.2 (3.12)	54.2 (2.13)	80.1 (3.15)	82.7 (3.26)	59.8 (2.35)	46.5 (1.83)	49.0 (1.93)	55.4 (2.18)	99.0 (3.90)	112.3 (4.42)	156.6 (6.17)	49.1 (1.93)	923.9 (36.37)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.4	5.4	6.7	7.7	6.8	5.5	5.1	4.5	4.3	6.9	9.4	7.1	76.8
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	342	—
1975	343	+0.04%
1982	348	+0.21%
1990	392	+1.50%
1999	436	+1.19%
2009	601	+3.26%
2014	642	+1.33%
2020	678	+0.91%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE