Courtes
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Courtes | |
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 Museum La Ferme de la forêt | |
Location of Courtes  | |
  Courtes  Courtes | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′36″N 5°06′03″E / 46.46°N 5.1008°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Canton | Replonges |
| Intercommunality | CA Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Pallegoix[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 297 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01128 /01560 |
| Elevation | 192–221 m (630–725 ft) (avg. 212 m or 696 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Courtes (French pronunciation: [kuʁt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography[edit]
The Sâne Vive forms part of the commune's eastern border.
Climate[edit]
Courtes has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Courtes is 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,004.1 mm (39.53 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.7 °C (69.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C (36.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Courtes was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on 11 August 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 16 January 1985.
| Climate data for Courtes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.6 (101.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.6 (3.02) |
65.9 (2.59) |
62.9 (2.48) |
92.9 (3.66) |
102.6 (4.04) |
76.4 (3.01) |
80.3 (3.16) |
78.5 (3.09) |
86.3 (3.40) |
103.4 (4.07) |
99.6 (3.92) |
78.7 (3.10) |
1,004.1 (39.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 128.5 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 254 | — |
| 1975 | 215 | −2.35% |
| 1982 | 199 | −1.10% |
| 1990 | 194 | −0.32% |
| 1999 | 218 | +1.30% |
| 2009 | 259 | +1.74% |
| 2014 | 291 | +2.36% |
| 2020 | 301 | +0.56% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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 Courtes (01)". Meteociel. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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