Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur

Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Commune
The fountain in Grenette square, in Saint-Bonnet
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
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Coordinates: 44°40′55″N 6°04′35″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Canton	Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Daumark[1]
Area ^1	15.01 km^2 (5.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,080
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05132 /05500
Elevation	939–2,440 m (3,081–8,005 ft) (avg. 1,040 m or 3,410 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It was expanded in January 2013, following the merger of the former communes of Bénévent-et-Charbillac and Les Infournas.

Geography

The commune is located at the mouth of the valley of the high Drac on the major route between Gap and Grenoble (route Napoléon) next to Écrins National Park. It is 15 km from Gap over the Col Bayard and 90 km from Grenoble. The commune forms a triangle of which the base is the Drac and the apex is Queyrel Peak. The landscape is primarily mountain pasture.

Climate

Located in the Haut-Dauphiné, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur's climate is a mix of the Mediterranean and alpine. The average annual temperature in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is 8.9 °C (48.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,066.4 mm (41.98 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.0 °C (64.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.1 °C (32.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur was 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) on 28 July 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.0 °C (−2.2 °F) on 14 February 1999.

Climate data for Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−2007)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.0 (64.4)	20.0 (68.0)	24.0 (75.2)	26.0 (78.8)	29.0 (84.2)	34.0 (93.2)	35.0 (95.0)	33.0 (91.4)	33.0 (91.4)	26.0 (78.8)	21.5 (70.7)	17.0 (62.6)	35.0 (95.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	6.0 (42.8)	10.3 (50.5)	12.6 (54.7)	18.1 (64.6)	21.7 (71.1)	24.7 (76.5)	24.6 (76.3)	19.5 (67.1)	14.9 (58.8)	7.9 (46.2)	4.7 (40.5)	14.2 (57.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.1 (32.2)	1.2 (34.2)	4.9 (40.8)	7.4 (45.3)	12.2 (54.0)	15.4 (59.7)	18.0 (64.4)	17.9 (64.2)	13.8 (56.8)	10.1 (50.2)	4.0 (39.2)	0.9 (33.6)	8.9 (48.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.3 (24.3)	−3.6 (25.5)	−0.5 (31.1)	2.1 (35.8)	6.2 (43.2)	9.0 (48.2)	11.3 (52.3)	11.2 (52.2)	8.1 (46.6)	5.2 (41.4)	0.1 (32.2)	−3.0 (26.6)	3.5 (38.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−15.0 (5.0)	−8.0 (17.6)	−2.0 (28.4)	0.0 (32.0)	2.0 (35.6)	2.5 (36.5)	−2.0 (28.4)	−6.0 (21.2)	−13.0 (8.6)	−16.0 (3.2)	−19.0 (−2.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	78.2 (3.08)	60.0 (2.36)	59.4 (2.34)	91.2 (3.59)	96.7 (3.81)	77.9 (3.07)	49.5 (1.95)	62.1 (2.44)	107.6 (4.24)	151.4 (5.96)	122.7 (4.83)	109.7 (4.32)	1,066.4 (41.98)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	8.0	7.2	8.0	10.0	10.8	8.8	6.4	7.2	7.9	10.3	8.6	8.6	101.8
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

The inhabitants are called Saint-Bonnetiers. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur absorbed the former communes of Bénévent-et-Charbillac and Les Infournas in 2013.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,550 —     1800 1,408 −1.36% 1806 1,675 +2.94% 1821 1,611 −0.26% 1831 1,800 +1.12% 1836 1,700 −1.14% 1841 1,790 +1.04% 1846 1,847 +0.63% 1851 1,734 −1.25% 1856 1,771 +0.42% 1861 1,745 −0.30% 1866 1,789 +0.50% 1872 1,758 −0.29% 1876 1,670 −1.28% 1881 1,763 +1.09% 1886 1,744 −0.22% 1891 1,616 −1.51% 1896 1,665 +0.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,515 −1.87% 1906 1,506 −0.12% 1911 1,511 +0.07% 1921 1,239 −1.97% 1926 1,321 +1.29% 1931 1,311 −0.15% 1936 1,357 +0.69% 1946 1,166 −1.51% 1954 1,182 +0.17% 1962 1,196 +0.15% 1968 1,199 +0.04% 1975 1,236 +0.44% 1982 1,263 +0.31% 1990 1,371 +1.03% 1999 1,466 +0.75% 2007 1,677 +1.70% 2017 2,036 +1.96%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (2007-2017)[5][6]

Vivian Maier

Street photographer Vivian Maier lived and photographed in the vicinity of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur and Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur. While many details of Maier's life remain unknown, she was the daughter of a French mother, Maria Jaussaud, and several times during her childhood she moved between the U.S. and France, living with her mother in the Alpine village of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur near her mother's relations. In 1935, Vivian and her mother, Maria, were living in Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur and prior to 1940 returned to New York City.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Normales et records pour St-Bonnet Champsaur (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, EHESS (in French).
5. "Populations légales 2007".
6. Populations légales 2017: 05 Hautes-Alpes, INSEE

External links

• Office du Tourist Information Office
• Official site