Saint-André-de-Sangonis

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Saint-André-de-Sangonis - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°39′02″N 3°30′15″E / 43.6506°N 3.5042°E

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Saint-André-de-Sangonis
Commune
The church of Saint-André-de-Sangonis
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-André-de-Sangonis
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Coordinates: 43°39′02″N 3°30′15″E / 43.6506°N 3.5042°E / 43.6506; 3.5042
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Gignac
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Hérault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Gabaudan^[1]
Area ¹	19.6 km² (7.6 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,344
• Density	320/km² (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34239 /34725
Elevation	26–122 m (85–400 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-André-de-Sangonis (Sant Andrieu de Sangònis in Occitan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Located 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Montpellier, Saint-André-de-Sangonis is nestled in the Hérault Valley, halfway between the Mediterranean sea and Aveyron. Beautiful landscapes surround this town, including the Salagou lake and the Pic Saint-Loup.

Climate

In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the 1971-2000 period.^[3] In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a Mediterranean climate and is part of the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5 °C (71 °F), very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.^[4]

For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14.4 °C (58 °F) with an annual atmospheric temperature of 16.4 °C (62 °F). The average annual total rainfall during this period was 784 mm, with 6.8 days of precipitation in January and 2.9 days in July.^[3] For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the weather station installed in the commune is 15.5 °C (60 °F), and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.^[5]^[6]

For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.^[7]

Population

Changes in the number of inhabitants have been documented through population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. For communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a full census of the population is conducted every five years, with the legal populations for the intervening years estimated through interpolation or extrapolation.^[8] For this commune, the first complete census under the new system was carried out in 2005.^[9]

In 2021, the commune had a population of 6,344;^{[Note 1]} reflecting an increase of +11.73% since 2015 (Hérault: +7.29%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.84%).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,593	—
1800	1,817	+1.90%
1806	1,945	+1.14%
1821	1,984	+0.13%
1831	2,131	+0.72%
1836	2,150	+0.18%
1841	2,125	−0.23%
1846	2,269	+1.32%
1851	2,264	−0.04%
1856	2,387	+1.06%
1861	2,392	+0.04%
1866	2,706	+2.50%
1872	2,639	−0.42%
1876	2,565	−0.71%
1881	2,539	−0.20%
1886	2,548	+0.07%
1891	2,602	+0.42%
1896	2,805	+1.51%
1901	2,639	−1.21%
1906	2,554	−0.65%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1911	2,611	+0.44%
1921	2,467	−0.57%
1926	2,413	−0.44%
1931	2,665	+2.01%
1936	2,630	−0.26%
1946	2,334	−1.19%
1954	2,136	−1.10%
1962	2,295	+0.90%
1968	2,594	+2.06%
1975	2,574	−0.11%
1982	2,675	+0.55%
1990	3,472	+3.31%
1999	3,782	+0.95%
2005	4,567	+3.19%
2006	4,690	+2.69%
2010	5,319	+3.20%
2015	5,678	+1.31%
2020	6,334	+2.21%
2021	6,344	+0.16%

Source: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1999,^[10] and INSEE since 2006.^[11]

Sights

Jardin botanique de la Font de Bézombes

Notes and references

Notes

^ Legal municipal population effective as of January 1, 2024, based on 2021 data, defined within the territorial boundaries effective as of January 1, 2023, with a statistical reference date of January 1, 2021.