Les Avirons (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aviʁɔ̃], meaning "the oars" in French), is a commune in the Réunion overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean. It borders the communes of Saint-Leu, Cilaos, Saint-Louis and L'Étang-Salé, and 150 metres of coastline.
Les Avirons | |
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Location of Les Avirons  | |
| Coordinates: 21°14′31″S 55°20′00″E / 21.2419°S 55.3333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Réunion |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Pierre |
| Canton | L'Étang-Salé |
| Intercommunality | Villes solidaires |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Ferrere[1] |
| Area 1 | 26.27 km2 (10.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 11,434 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+04:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97401 /97425 |
| Elevation | 0–2,565 m (0–8,415 ft) (avg. 268 m or 879 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Les Avirons has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Les Avirons is 24.2 °C (75.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 805.2 mm (31.70 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 27.2 °C (81.0 °F), and lowest in July, at around 21.0 °C (69.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Avirons was 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) on 22 January 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) on 1 August 2003.
| Climate data for Les Avirons (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2002−2016) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.8 (98.2) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 33.5 (92.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 24.2 (75.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.2 (68.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.7 (56.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 148.0 (5.83) | 126.8 (4.99) | 110.7 (4.36) | 89.3 (3.52) | 53.0 (2.09) | 46.1 (1.81) | 50.8 (2.00) | 26.5 (1.04) | 24.6 (0.97) | 26.9 (1.06) | 33.9 (1.33) | 68.6 (2.70) | 805.2 (31.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 58.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1967 | 4,547 | — |
| 1974 | 4,863 | +0.96% |
| 1982 | 5,150 | +0.72% |
| 1990 | 5,935 | +1.79% |
| 1999 | 7,172 | +2.13% |
| 2007 | 10,093 | +4.36% |
| 2012 | 11,181 | +2.07% |
| 2017 | 11,345 | +0.29% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
External links
- CIVIS site
- (in French) official website of Les Avirons.
