Saint-Pierre, Martinique
Saint-Pierre | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
_avec_Montage_Pel%C3%A9e.JPG) Saint-Pierre, with Mount Pelée in the background | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique | |
Location of Saint-Pierre  | |
| Coordinates: 14°44′30″N 61°10′33″W / 14.7417°N 61.1758°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Martinique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Pierre |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Nord Martinique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Rapha[1] |
| Area 1 | 38.72 km2 (14.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,088 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97225 /97250 |
| Elevation | 0–1,397 m (0–4,583 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Pierre (
History
Saint-Pierre was founded in 1635 by
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The Great Hurricane of 1780 produced a storm-surge of 8 metres (25 ft) which "inundated the city, destroying all houses" and killed 9,000 people.[3]
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Eruption of Mount Pelée
The town was again destroyed in 1902, when the
Legend has it that the town's doom was forecast by loud groaning noises from within the volcano, but the
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Climate
Temperature record
On 6 October 2010, Saint-Pierre recorded a temperature of 36.5 °C (97.7 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Martinique.[7]
Climate data of Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The average annual temperature in Saint-Pierre is 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,864.6 mm (73.41 in) with August as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 25.7 °C (78.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Pierre was 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) on 6 October 2010; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 18.5 °C (65.3 °F) on 3 February 2005.
| Climate data for Saint-Pierre (1991–2020 averages, extremes 2004−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.2 (4.93) |
81.6 (3.21) |
59.4 (2.34) |
76.9 (3.03) |
118.7 (4.67) |
156.7 (6.17) |
231.7 (9.12) |
244.0 (9.61) |
203.9 (8.03) |
212.7 (8.37) |
182.0 (7.17) |
171.8 (6.76) |
1,864.6 (73.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.4 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 15.6 | 18.2 | 188.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[8] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 6,559 | — |
| 1974 | 6,180 | −0.85% |
| 1982 | 5,438 | −1.59% |
| 1990 | 5,007 | −1.03% |
| 1999 | 4,453 | −1.29% |
| 2007 | 4,539 | +0.24% |
| 2012 | 4,341 | −0.89% |
| 2017 | 4,123 | −1.03% |
| Source: INSEE[9] | ||
Today
The city of Saint-Pierre was never restored to its former entirety, though some villages were built in later decades on its place.
Today, the town is the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre.[10] It has been designated as a "City of Art and History".[11] There are many historic remains, and a Volcanological Museum (Musée vulcanologique Franck Perret).
See also
- Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption, Saint-Pierre
- Communes of the Martinique department
- Herculaneum
- Pompeii
- Victor Cochinat (1819–1886), French journalist
- Georges Hébert (1875–1957), French naval officer who witnessed the destruction by the volcano on the island in 1902, and went on to develop a physical training method from his experience
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Orlando Pérez (ed.). [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data_sub/perez_11_20.pdf "Notes on the Tropical Cyclones of Puerto Rico, 1508��?970"]. p. 11. Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
- ISBN 0-671-46220-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4067-5983-9. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-8135-3041-3.
- ^ "Le climat en Martinique" (in French). Météo-France. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Commune de Saint-Pierre (97225), INSEE
- ^ "Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire par région" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de la Culture. 21 June 2019.
External links
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- City of Saint-Pierre description from English edition of official Martinique website
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