Vidauban
Vidauban  | |
|---|---|
The River Aille and waterfall, next to the former sawmill, in Vidauban  | |
| Coordinates: 43°25′34″N 6°25′57″E / 43.4262°N 6.4325°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 
| Department | Var | 
| Arrondissement | Draguignan | 
| Canton | Vidauban | 
| Intercommunality | CA Dracénie Provence Verdon | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Pianetti[1] | 
Area 1  | 73 km2 (28 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 12,712 | 
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 83148 /83550  | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vidauban (French pronunciation: [vidobɑ̃]) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
It lies on the bank of the river Argens.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Vidauban has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vidauban is 15.6 °C (60.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,008.5 mm (39.70 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vidauban was 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 2 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.4 °C (18.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
| Climate data for Vidauban (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9)  | 
24.4 (75.9)  | 
25.2 (77.4)  | 
28.7 (83.7)  | 
33.9 (93.0)  | 
38.8 (101.8)  | 
40.1 (104.2)  | 
40.3 (104.5)  | 
34.7 (94.5)  | 
31.4 (88.5)  | 
23.3 (73.9)  | 
19.7 (67.5)  | 
40.3 (104.5)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5)  | 
12.5 (54.5)  | 
15.9 (60.6)  | 
19.2 (66.6)  | 
22.5 (72.5)  | 
27.4 (81.3)  | 
30.9 (87.6)  | 
31.0 (87.8)  | 
26.6 (79.9)  | 
21.3 (70.3)  | 
15.5 (59.9)  | 
12.0 (53.6)  | 
20.5 (68.9)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9)  | 
8.0 (46.4)  | 
11.1 (52.0)  | 
14.1 (57.4)  | 
17.2 (63.0)  | 
21.8 (71.2)  | 
24.8 (76.6)  | 
24.8 (76.6)  | 
21.0 (69.8)  | 
16.6 (61.9)  | 
11.7 (53.1)  | 
8.5 (47.3)  | 
15.6 (60.1)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2)  | 
3.6 (38.5)  | 
6.3 (43.3)  | 
9.1 (48.4)  | 
11.9 (53.4)  | 
16.1 (61.0)  | 
18.7 (65.7)  | 
18.6 (65.5)  | 
15.5 (59.9)  | 
12.0 (53.6)  | 
8.0 (46.4)  | 
5.0 (41.0)  | 
10.7 (51.3)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8)  | 
−7.4 (18.7)  | 
−2.5 (27.5)  | 
−0.2 (31.6)  | 
4.6 (40.3)  | 
9.4 (48.9)  | 
12.8 (55.0)  | 
12.9 (55.2)  | 
5.8 (42.4)  | 
1.1 (34.0)  | 
−2.5 (27.5)  | 
−5.2 (22.6)  | 
−7.4 (18.7)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.7 (3.06)  | 
93.8 (3.69)  | 
84.0 (3.31)  | 
72.7 (2.86)  | 
54.0 (2.13)  | 
67.2 (2.65)  | 
16.1 (0.63)  | 
20.7 (0.81)  | 
58.6 (2.31)  | 
145.1 (5.71)  | 
210.7 (8.30)  | 
107.9 (4.25)  | 
1,008.5 (39.70)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 66.8 | 
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]Since the beginning of the 1980s Vidauban has experienced strong population growth. Within 20 years the population has more than doubled.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | 
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,757 | — | 
| 1975 | 2,930 | +0.87% | 
| 1982 | 3,805 | +3.80% | 
| 1990 | 5,460 | +4.62% | 
| 1999 | 7,311 | +3.30% | 
| 2007 | 9,545 | +3.39% | 
| 2012 | 10,908 | +2.71% | 
| 2017 | 11,907 | +1.77% | 
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
 - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
