Le Luc (French pronunciation: [lə lyk]; Provençal: Lo Luc), also known as Le Luc-en-Provence (Lo Luc de Provença), is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Luc is the seat of its own canton, the larger canton of Le Luc.
Le Luc Lo Luc (Occitan) | |
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 The hexagonal tower in Le Luc | |
_moderne.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Luc  | |
  Le Luc  Le Luc | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′44″N 6°18′48″E / 43.3956°N 6.3133°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Le Luc |
| Intercommunality | Cœur du Var |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Lain[1] (DVD) |
| Area 1 | 44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 11,053 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83073 /83340 |
| Elevation | 79–400 m (259–1,312 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Climate
With an average of about 128 days per year (source: Météo Climat stats, calculated over the period 1981–2010),[3] Le Luc is one of the communes with the highest number of "warm days" in France, that is to say, days for which the maximum temperature is greater than or equal to 25 °C.
As to "hot days", the average is of about 62 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 30 °C). As to "very hot days", the average is of about 9 days per year (meaning maximum temperature greater or equal to 35 °C).
| Town | Sunshine (hours/yr) | Rain (mm/yr) | Snow (days/yr) | Storm (days/yr) | Fog (days/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1,973 | 770 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| Le Luc | 2,753.2 | 766.1 | 1.8 | 31 | 39.5[5] |
| Paris | 1,661 | 637 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| Nice | 2,724 | 767 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Strasbourg | 1,693 | 665 | 29 | 29 | 56 |
| Brest | 1,605 | 1,211 | 7 | 12 | 75 |
| Climate data for Le Luc (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1946–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 30.2 (86.4) | 35.8 (96.4) | 41.1 (106.0) | 42.7 (108.9) | 42.2 (108.0) | 36.7 (98.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.1 (55.6) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.6 (40.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.2 (48.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) | −17.0 (1.4) | −10.0 (14.0) | −3.4 (25.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 4.8 (40.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.4 (36.3) | −3.4 (25.9) | −9.0 (15.8) | −9.3 (15.3) | −17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.5 (2.85) | 48.1 (1.89) | 52.3 (2.06) | 67.1 (2.64) | 56.4 (2.22) | 50.7 (2.00) | 16.3 (0.64) | 33.7 (1.33) | 86.6 (3.41) | 128.9 (5.07) | 141.0 (5.55) | 78.7 (3.10) | 832.3 (32.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 64.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 43 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.4 | 165.7 | 218.1 | 231.9 | 275.6 | 320.2 | 359.1 | 324.8 | 248.9 | 179.1 | 143.4 | 137.2 | 2,752.4 |
| Source 1: Meteo France[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,266 | — |
| 1975 | 5,626 | +4.03% |
| 1982 | 6,049 | +1.04% |
| 1990 | 6,929 | +1.71% |
| 1999 | 7,282 | +0.55% |
| 2009 | 9,270 | +2.44% |
| 2014 | 10,502 | +2.53% |
| 2020 | 11,058 | +0.86% |
| Source: INSEE[10] | ||
Inhabitants of Le Luc are called Lucois (masculine) and Lucoises (feminine) in French.
See also
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