Cos, Ariège

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Cos
Commune
Location of Cos
(2020–2026)		Marie-Christine Dubuc^[1]
Area ¹	6.4 km² (2.5 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	368
• Density	58/km² (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09099 /09000
Elevation	440–720 m (1,440–2,360 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cos (French pronunciation: [kɔs]; Occitan: Còs) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	138	—
1968	124	−10.1%
1975	146	+17.7%
1982	215	+47.3%
1990	236	+9.8%
1999	258	+9.3%
2008	364	+41.1%

Climate

On average, Cos experiences 42.5 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 0.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 2.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 18.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 12 August 2022, while the record low temperature was −14.7 °C (5.5 °F) on 9 February 2012.^[3]

Climate data for Cos (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2003–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.1 (70.0)	24.6 (76.3)	26.3 (79.3)	27.9 (82.2)	31.5 (88.7)	36.8 (98.2)	37.4 (99.3)	37.6 (99.7)	33.5 (92.3)	30.9 (87.6)	26.1 (79.0)	22.3 (72.1)	37.6 (99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.9 (49.8)	10.4 (50.7)	13.5 (56.3)	16.5 (61.7)	19.4 (66.9)	23.6 (74.5)	26.0 (78.8)	25.9 (78.6)	23.2 (73.8)	19.3 (66.7)	13.6 (56.5)	10.8 (51.4)	17.7 (63.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.4 (41.7)	5.7 (42.3)	8.4 (47.1)	11.3 (52.3)	14.2 (57.6)	18.1 (64.6)	20.3 (68.5)	20.0 (68.0)	17.3 (63.1)	13.7 (56.7)	8.7 (47.7)	6.1 (43.0)	12.4 (54.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	0.9 (33.6)	3.3 (37.9)	6.1 (43.0)	9.1 (48.4)	12.7 (54.9)	14.5 (58.1)	14.1 (57.4)	11.4 (52.5)	8.1 (46.6)	3.9 (39.0)	1.4 (34.5)	7.2 (45.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−9.8 (14.4)	−14.7 (5.5)	−12.5 (9.5)	−1.8 (28.8)	0.4 (32.7)	3.0 (37.4)	7.7 (45.9)	6.6 (43.9)	1.6 (34.9)	−2.8 (27.0)	−6.9 (19.6)	−8.0 (17.6)	−14.7 (5.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	105.8 (4.17)	82.1 (3.23)	89.3 (3.52)	82.8 (3.26)	105.7 (4.16)	66.9 (2.63)	59.6 (2.35)	62.4 (2.46)	70.9 (2.79)	74.0 (2.91)	110.4 (4.35)	94.1 (3.70)	1,004 (39.53)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.2	10.4	11.9	11.5	11.9	9.4	7.9	7.7	8.0	8.4	11.3	10.7	121.3
Source: Meteociel^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Cos". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2023.