La Faurie

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Faurie

(2020–2026) Christiane Acanfora^[1]Area

31.44 km² (12.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

307 • Density9.8/km² (25/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

05055 /05140

Elevation780–2,063 m (2,559–6,768 ft)
(avg. 876 m or 2,874 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Faurie (French pronunciation: [la foʁi]; Occitan: La Fauria) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Geography

Climate

La Faurie has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in La Faurie is 9.3 °C (48.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 937.6 mm (36.91 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.4 °C (65.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.4 °C (32.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Faurie was 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) on 26 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.4 °C (−6.5 °F) on 14 February 1999.

Climate data for La Faurie (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1997−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.3 (68.5)	22.4 (72.3)	23.4 (74.1)	28.2 (82.8)	30.8 (87.4)	37.5 (99.5)	36.2 (97.2)	36.6 (97.9)	34.3 (93.7)	26.7 (80.1)	23.1 (73.6)	16.8 (62.2)	37.5 (99.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.4 (43.5)	8.1 (46.6)	11.7 (53.1)	14.9 (58.8)	20.0 (68.0)	24.6 (76.3)	27.2 (81.0)	26.8 (80.2)	21.9 (71.4)	17.1 (62.8)	10.0 (50.0)	6.3 (43.3)	16.3 (61.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	1.7 (35.1)	5.1 (41.2)	8.1 (46.6)	12.6 (54.7)	16.3 (61.3)	18.4 (65.1)	18.2 (64.8)	14.2 (57.6)	10.3 (50.5)	4.4 (39.9)	1.0 (33.8)	9.3 (48.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−5.6 (21.9)	−4.7 (23.5)	−1.6 (29.1)	1.2 (34.2)	5.2 (41.4)	8.1 (46.6)	9.6 (49.3)	9.6 (49.3)	6.4 (43.5)	3.5 (38.3)	−1.2 (29.8)	−4.4 (24.1)	2.2 (36.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.4 (−2.9)	−21.4 (−6.5)	−14.0 (6.8)	−9.5 (14.9)	−3.9 (25.0)	−1.9 (28.6)	1.1 (34.0)	0.6 (33.1)	−2.5 (27.5)	−8.4 (16.9)	−15.4 (4.3)	−19.8 (−3.6)	−21.4 (−6.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	68.2 (2.69)	57.6 (2.27)	63.3 (2.49)	94.5 (3.72)	92.6 (3.65)	63.7 (2.51)	35.6 (1.40)	55.9 (2.20)	99.7 (3.93)	112.2 (4.42)	108.6 (4.28)	85.7 (3.37)	937.6 (36.91)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.9	5.9	7.9	9.8	9.7	6.6	5.6	7.2	6.5	8.6	9.6	8.1	93.6
Source: Meteociel^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	226	—
1968	250	+10.6%
1975	227	−9.2%
1982	215	−5.3%
1990	224	+4.2%
1999	231	+3.1%
2008	322	+39.4%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Normales et records pour La Faurie (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.