Besain
Besain | |
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_-_mairie.JPG) The town hall in Besain | |
Location of Besain  | |
  Besain  Besain | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′11″N 5°47′41″E / 46.7864°N 5.7947°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Dole |
| Canton | Poligny |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Maire[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.84 km2 (4.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 156 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 39050 /39800 |
| Elevation | 514–640 m (1,686–2,100 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Besain (French pronunciation: [bəzɛ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 163 | — |
| 1975 | 146 | −1.56% |
| 1982 | 134 | −1.22% |
| 1990 | 146 | +1.08% |
| 1999 | 180 | +2.35% |
| 2009 | 162 | −1.05% |
| 2014 | 154 | −1.01% |
| 2020 | 157 | +0.32% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Climate
On average, Besain experiences 116.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 11.2 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 17.2 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 25 July 2019, while the record low temperature was −33.0 °C (−27.4 °F) on 2 January 1971.[5]
| Climate data for Besain (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–2021) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.6 (38.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.0 (−27.4) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 132.8 (5.23) |
118.3 (4.66) |
119.9 (4.72) |
114.4 (4.50) |
139.5 (5.49) |
107.4 (4.23) |
104.4 (4.11) |
113.7 (4.48) |
116.5 (4.59) |
142.8 (5.62) |
159.0 (6.26) |
156.9 (6.18) |
1,525.6 (60.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.0 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 147.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Besain". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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