Lège-Cap-Ferret (Gascon: Lèja e lo Horet) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune stretches along the length of the Cap Ferret peninsula, from the village of Lège in the north to the point of Cap Ferret in the south.
Lège-Cap-Ferret | |
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Commune | |
An aerial view of Cap-Ferret | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Lège-Cap-Ferret ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 44°47′38″N 1°08′43″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Arcachon |
Canton | Andernos-les-Bains |
Intercommunality | CA Bassin d'Arcachon Nord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe De Gonneville[1] |
Area 1 | 93.62 km2 (36.15 sq mi) |
Population | 8,352 |
• Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 33236 /33950 |
Elevation | 0–43 m (0–141 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,232 | — |
1975 | 4,318 | +0.29% |
1982 | 4,981 | +2.06% |
1990 | 5,564 | +1.39% |
1999 | 6,307 | +1.40% |
2007 | 7,321 | +1.88% |
2012 | 8,099 | +2.04% |
2017 | 8,409 | +0.75% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Climate data for Lège-Cap-Ferret (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 88.2 (3.47) |
75.1 (2.96) |
66.4 (2.61) |
64.7 (2.55) |
66.8 (2.63) |
47.1 (1.85) |
38.1 (1.50) |
53.0 (2.09) |
74.4 (2.93) |
83.2 (3.28) |
93.1 (3.67) |
95.5 (3.76) |
845.6 (33.29) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 85 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 82.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 90.8 | 113.2 | 171.4 | 201.0 | 233.7 | 258.4 | 287.2 | 260.0 | 212.5 | 170.6 | 109.6 | 88.1 | 2,196.5 |
Source: Infoclimat.fr[4] |
The commune is twinned with:
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