Guéret (French: [ɡeʁɛ]; Occitan: Garait) is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Guéret | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
The park and the Sénatorerie Museum, in Guéret | |
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Coordinates: 46°10′17″N 1°52′09″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Creuse |
Arrondissement | Guéret |
Canton | Guéret-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Guéret |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Françoise Fournier[1] |
Area 1 | 26.21 km2 (10.12 sq mi) |
Population | 12,734 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 23096 /23000 |
Elevation | 350–685 m (1,148–2,247 ft) (avg. 436 m or 1,430 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and some farming not far from the town centre. It is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi)[3] by road northeast of Limoges at the junction of the D942, D940 and the N145 roads.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 12,849 | — |
1975 | 14,855 | +2.09% |
1982 | 15,720 | +0.81% |
1990 | 14,706 | −0.83% |
1999 | 14,123 | −0.45% |
2007 | 14,066 | −0.05% |
2012 | 13,219 | −1.23% |
2017 | 13,161 | −0.09% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Guéret has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) influenced by its elevation and proximity to the Bay of Biscay's maritime inflow of Gulf Stream air. As a result, the climate is mild for its latitude, wet and also relatively gloomy.
Climate data for Guéret (1987–2010 normals; extremes 1987–2017) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
Average high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.1 (10.2) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.2 (3.63) |
89.2 (3.51) |
83.7 (3.30) |
94.0 (3.70) |
99.9 (3.93) |
79.8 (3.14) |
82.3 (3.24) |
75.0 (2.95) |
88.0 (3.46) |
93.7 (3.69) |
98.6 (3.88) |
93.7 (3.69) |
1,070.7 (42.15) |
Average precipitation days | 13.4 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 139.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 79.1 | 97.2 | 137.4 | 138.8 | 177.8 | 169.3 | 219.2 | 242.5 | 183.9 | 122.1 | 82.5 | 63.2 | 1,710.7 |
Source 1: Météo Climat[6] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Météo Climat[7] |
Guéret is twinned with:
Stein, Bavaria, Germany since 1991 and Puck, Poland
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