Le Luc

Le Luc (French pronunciation: ​[lə lyk]; Provençal: Lo Luc, also known as Le Luc-en-Provence) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Le Luc-en-Provence
Commune
The hexagonal tower in Le Luc
Coat of arms
Location of Le Luc-en-Provence
Le Luc-en-Provence
Le Luc-en-Provence
Coordinates: 43°23′44″N 6°18′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVar
ArrondissementBrignoles
CantonLe Luc
IntercommunalityCœur du Var
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Lain[1]
Area
1
44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
11,094
 • Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
83073 /83340
Elevation79–400 m (259–1,312 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Luc is the capital of its own canton, Canton of Le Luc.

Residents of Luc are called the Lucois-es.

With an average of about 128 days per year (source: Météo Climat stats, calculated over the period 1981–2010, http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-1-83.php), Le Luc is one of the municipalities with the highest number of "warm days" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25 °C. As to "hot days", the average is of about 62 days per year (i.e. maximum temperature greater or equal to 30 °C). And finally, as to "very hot days", the average is of about 9 days per year (i.e. maximum temperature greater or equal to 35 °C).

Climate
Climate data for Le Luc (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1946–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 22.4
(72.3)		 24.8
(76.6)		 28.6
(83.5)		 30.2
(86.4)		 35.8
(96.4)		 41.1
(106.0)		 42.7
(108.9)		 42.2
(108.0)		 36.7
(98.1)		 32.6
(90.7)		 26.1
(79.0)		 23.3
(73.9)		 42.7
(108.9)
Average high °C (°F) 12.6
(54.7)		 13.8
(56.8)		 17.0
(62.6)		 19.4
(66.9)		 23.8
(74.8)		 28.2
(82.8)		 31.8
(89.2)		 31.6
(88.9)		 26.9
(80.4)		 21.6
(70.9)		 16.1
(61.0)		 12.7
(54.9)		 21.3
(70.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)		 7.8
(46.0)		 10.6
(51.1)		 13.2
(55.8)		 17.4
(63.3)		 21.4
(70.5)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.3
(75.7)		 20.2
(68.4)		 16.0
(60.8)		 10.9
(51.6)		 7.6
(45.7)		 15.1
(59.2)
Average low °C (°F) 1.4
(34.5)		 1.8
(35.2)		 4.3
(39.7)		 7.0
(44.6)		 11.0
(51.8)		 14.6
(58.3)		 17.1
(62.8)		 16.9
(62.4)		 13.5
(56.3)		 10.5
(50.9)		 5.7
(42.3)		 2.5
(36.5)		 8.9
(48.0)
Record low °C (°F) −12.0
(10.4)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −10.0
(14.0)		 −2.7
(27.1)		 0.0
(32.0)		 4.8
(40.6)		 7.4
(45.3)		 7.0
(44.6)		 2.4
(36.3)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 −9.0
(15.8)		 −9.3
(15.3)		 −17.0
(1.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71.5
(2.81)		 40.8
(1.61)		 45.0
(1.77)		 70.1
(2.76)		 59.0
(2.32)		 48.5
(1.91)		 17.2
(0.68)		 45.0
(1.77)		 79.5
(3.13)		 118.5
(4.67)		 99.0
(3.90)		 82.6
(3.25)		 776.7
(30.58)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 5.8 4.7 4.9 7.4 5.8 4.1 2.0 3.1 5.1 7.3 7.2 6.5 64.0
Average snowy days 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.6
Average relative humidity (%) 52 47 42 39 40 37 32 33 41 48 52 53 43
Mean monthly sunshine hours 150.9 169.4 224.5 227.9 273.0 315.0 357.2 321.4 247.8 175.4 147.1 134.6 2,744.2
Source 1: Meteo France[3][4][5]
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[6]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 4,266—    
1975 5,626+4.03%
1982 6,049+1.04%
1990 6,929+1.71%
1999 7,282+0.55%
2007 8,804+2.40%
2012 9,874+2.32%
2017 11,067+2.31%
Source: INSEE[7]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. "Données climatiques de la station de Le Luc" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. "Climat Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. "Le–Luc (83)" (PDF). Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. "Normes et records 1961-1990: Le Luc - Le Cannet-des-Maures (83) - altitude 80m" (in French). Infoclimat. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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