Les Landes-Genusson

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Les Landes-Genusson

(2020–2026) Guy Girard^[1]Area

31.33 km² (12.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,506 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85119 /85130

Elevation53–121 m (174–397 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Landes-Genusson (French pronunciation: [le lɑ̃d ʒənysɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography

Climate

Les Landes-Genusson has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Les Landes-Genusson is 12.2 °C (54.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 906.4 mm (35.69 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Landes-Genusson was 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.8 °C (10.8 °F) on 1 March 2005.

Climate data for Les Landes-Genusson (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1992−2017)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.3 (63.1)	21.2 (70.2)	25.0 (77.0)	29.0 (84.2)	33.2 (91.8)	36.9 (98.4)	38.7 (101.7)	40.1 (104.2)	34.7 (94.5)	30.9 (87.6)	22.8 (73.0)	17.4 (63.3)	40.1 (104.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.7 (47.7)	10.2 (50.4)	13.2 (55.8)	15.9 (60.6)	19.8 (67.6)	23.8 (74.8)	25.5 (77.9)	25.7 (78.3)	22.3 (72.1)	17.4 (63.3)	11.9 (53.4)	8.6 (47.5)	17.0 (62.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	6.3 (43.3)	8.5 (47.3)	10.6 (51.1)	14.5 (58.1)	17.8 (64.0)	19.5 (67.1)	19.6 (67.3)	16.5 (61.7)	13.2 (55.8)	8.6 (47.5)	5.7 (42.3)	12.2 (54.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	2.4 (36.3)	3.7 (38.7)	5.4 (41.7)	9.2 (48.6)	11.9 (53.4)	13.5 (56.3)	13.5 (56.3)	10.8 (51.4)	9.1 (48.4)	5.3 (41.5)	2.7 (36.9)	7.6 (45.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.0 (12.2)	−10.5 (13.1)	−11.8 (10.8)	−6.4 (20.5)	−1.0 (30.2)	3.0 (37.4)	6.6 (43.9)	5.5 (41.9)	2.1 (35.8)	−4.8 (23.4)	−8.3 (17.1)	−10.0 (14.0)	−11.8 (10.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	95.8 (3.77)	73.0 (2.87)	61.7 (2.43)	70.9 (2.79)	68.0 (2.68)	41.1 (1.62)	52.1 (2.05)	62.9 (2.48)	71.5 (2.81)	103.3 (4.07)	103.4 (4.07)	102.7 (4.04)	906.4 (35.69)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	13.0	10.6	10.3	11.2	10.2	6.6	7.5	8.3	9.4	12.3	14.2	13.6	127.2
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,632	—
1975	1,792	+1.35%
1982	1,941	+1.15%
1990	2,004	+0.40%
1999	1,986	−0.10%
2007	2,265	+1.66%
2012	2,269	+0.04%
2017	2,387	+1.02%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE