Vinon-sur-Verdon (French pronunciation: [vinɔ̃ syʁ vɛʁdɔ̃]; Occitan: Vinon de Verdon) is a commune in the northwestern part of the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. The town is on the left bank of the river Verdon near the Gorges du Verdon. The commune is on the departmental border with Vaucluse and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; as of 2019, it had a population of 4,248.
Vinon-sur-Verdon
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The agricultural cooperative in Vinon-sur-Verdon | |
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Coordinates: 43°43′32″N 5°48′45″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Brignoles |
Canton | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Cheilan |
Area 1 | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) |
Population | 4,248 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83150 /83560 |
Elevation | 254–450 m (833–1,476 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Vinon-sur-Verdon's airfield (ICAO Airport Code LFNF) is a popular location for the sport of gliding and was the location for the 2006 World Gliding Championships.
Vinon-sur-Verdon has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vinon-sur-Verdon is 13.4 °C (56.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 607.5 mm (23.92 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.1 °C (73.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vinon-sur-Verdon was 44.3 °C (111.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 12 February 2012.
Climate data for Vinon-sur-Verdon (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2002−present) | |||||||||||||
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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) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
44.3 (111.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
44.3 (111.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.7 (1.64) |
31.6 (1.24) |
40.5 (1.59) |
52.5 (2.07) |
51.3 (2.02) |
48.6 (1.91) |
23.1 (0.91) |
31.5 (1.24) |
53.6 (2.11) |
86.7 (3.41) |
88.3 (3.48) |
58.1 (2.29) |
607.5 (23.92) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 63.4 |
Source: Météo-France[2] |
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