Saint-Girons, Ariège
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General view of the town | ||
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  Saint-Girons | ||
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Location within Occitanie region  Saint-Girons | ||
| Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E / 42.9858°N 1.1467°ECoordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E / 42.9858°N 1.1467°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons | |
| Canton | Saint-Girons | |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Girons | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | François Murillo | |
| Area1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 6,579 | |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09261 / 09200 | |
| Elevation |
387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Saint-Girons (French: [sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
History
Antiquity
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Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.
Foundation
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The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church, around which the city later developed.
Climate
Saint-Girons has a moderate but warm oceanic climate, that is quite prone to temporary vast extremes in temperature as a result of its inland position.
| Climate data for Saint-Girons, Ariège (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
38.9 (102) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.6 (101.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.0 (77) |
38.9 (102) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
1.1 (34) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.9 (48) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−12.8 (9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.1 (30) |
2.2 (36) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 83.3 (3.28) |
61.6 (2.425) |
80.2 (3.157) |
104.6 (4.118) |
101.8 (4.008) |
77.4 (3.047) |
52.2 (2.055) |
72.6 (2.858) |
73.0 (2.874) |
80.1 (3.154) |
82.0 (3.228) |
83.4 (3.283) |
952.2 (37.488) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 118.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 77.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 119.3 | 130.5 | 169.2 | 168.7 | 179.4 | 189.3 | 204.6 | 207.2 | 190.1 | 152.4 | 117.2 | 108.7 | 1,936.3 |
| Source #1: Météo France[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 2,749 | — |
| 1800 | 3,054 | +11.1% |
| 1806 | 3,348 | +9.6% |
| 1821 | 3,868 | +15.5% |
| 1831 | 4,381 | +13.3% |
| 1836 | 4,282 | −2.3% |
| 1841 | 3,901 | −8.9% |
| 1846 | 4,142 | +6.2% |
| 1851 | 3,981 | −3.9% |
| 1856 | 4,005 | +0.6% |
| 1861 | 4,576 | +14.3% |
| 1866 | 4,745 | +3.7% |
| 1872 | 4,690 | −1.2% |
| 1876 | 4,953 | +5.6% |
| 1881 | 5,191 | +4.8% |
| 1886 | 5,459 | +5.2% |
| 1891 | 5,448 | −0.2% |
| 1896 | 5,915 | +8.6% |
| 1901 | 6,018 | +1.7% |
| 1906 | 5,990 | −0.5% |
| 1911 | 5,929 | −1.0% |
| 1921 | 5,749 | −3.0% |
| 1926 | 6,178 | +7.5% |
| 1931 | 6,120 | −0.9% |
| 1936 | 6,406 | +4.7% |
| 1946 | 7,026 | +9.7% |
| 1954 | 6,841 | −2.6% |
| 1962 | 7,368 | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 7,971 | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 8,130 | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 7,260 | −10.7% |
| 1990 | 6,596 | −9.1% |
| 1999 | 6,254 | −5.2% |
| 2008 | 6,579 | +5.2% |
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Sport
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.
State 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.
References
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- ↑ "Données climatiques de la station de Saint-Girons" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Climat Midi-Pyrénées" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Saint-Girons - Antichan (09) - altitude 411m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
