Valflaunès

Valflaunès
Commune
The church of Valflaunès
Coat of arms
Location of Valflaunès
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Coordinates: 43°48′05″N 3°52′21″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Lodève
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Fabre[1]
Area ^1	21.04 km^2 (8.12 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	793
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34322 /34270
Elevation	109–640 m (358–2,100 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valflaunès (French pronunciation: [valflonɛs]; Occitan: Valfaunés) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region southern France.

Geography

Climate

Valflaunès has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Valflaunès is 14.5 °C (58.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 984.5 mm (38.76 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Valflaunès was 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.4 °C (6.1 °F) on 5 February 2012.

Climate data for Valflaunès (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990−2012)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	23.4 (74.1)	28.5 (83.3)	33.1 (91.6)	35.3 (95.5)	39.6 (103.3)	38.8 (101.8)	42.4 (108.3)	35.5 (95.9)	33.2 (91.8)	24.0 (75.2)	21.4 (70.5)	42.4 (108.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.6 (52.9)	13.1 (55.6)	16.8 (62.2)	19.3 (66.7)	23.6 (74.5)	28.3 (82.9)	31.4 (88.5)	31.2 (88.2)	25.8 (78.4)	20.4 (68.7)	15.2 (59.4)	11.7 (53.1)	20.7 (69.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	7.1 (44.8)	10.3 (50.5)	13.0 (55.4)	17.1 (62.8)	21.1 (70.0)	23.9 (75.0)	23.8 (74.8)	19.2 (66.6)	15.0 (59.0)	9.9 (49.8)	6.6 (43.9)	14.5 (58.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	1.0 (33.8)	3.8 (38.8)	6.7 (44.1)	10.5 (50.9)	13.9 (57.0)	16.4 (61.5)	16.5 (61.7)	12.5 (54.5)	9.7 (49.5)	4.7 (40.5)	1.5 (34.7)	8.2 (46.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.5 (13.1)	−14.4 (6.1)	−11.0 (12.2)	−2.5 (27.5)	2.3 (36.1)	6.0 (42.8)	7.4 (45.3)	8.0 (46.4)	2.8 (37.0)	−3.0 (26.6)	−7.0 (19.4)	−10.0 (14.0)	−14.4 (6.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	85.7 (3.37)	62.0 (2.44)	51.0 (2.01)	79.6 (3.13)	83.4 (3.28)	42.8 (1.69)	27.8 (1.09)	43.3 (1.70)	134.2 (5.28)	159.2 (6.27)	100.0 (3.94)	115.5 (4.55)	984.5 (38.76)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.8	4.6	5.3	6.6	6.8	4.7	3.0	4.1	5.9	8.6	7.9	6.5	70.6
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	230	—
1968	251	+9.1%
1975	250	−0.4%
1982	398	+59.2%
1990	604	+51.8%
1999	655	+8.4%
2008	714	+9.0%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Normales et records pour Valflaunes-Plaine (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 7 June 2022.