Pouzols
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Pouzols
|commune status = Commune
|image = Pouzols.jpg
|caption = The bell tower in Pouzols
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pouzols (Hérault).svg
|arrondissement = Lodève
|canton = Gignac
|INSEE = 34215
|postal code = 34230
|mayor = Véronique Marié-Neil{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Vallée de l'Hérault
|coordinates = {{coord|43.6192|3.5133|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 48
|elevation min m = 27
|elevation max m = 100
|area km2 = 2.96
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Pouzols ({{IPA|fr|puzɔl}}; {{langx|oc|Posòls}}) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
File:Map commune FR insee code 34215.png
The neighboring communes are Canet, Gignac, Popian, Le Pouget and Saint-André-de-Sangonis.
=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. 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 {{convert|21.5|°C|°F|0}}, 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.{{Cite web |url=http://pluiesextremes.meteo.fr/france-metropole/Un-peu-de-geographie.html|title=Zonages climatiques en France métropolitaine.|website=pluiesextremes.meteo.fr |access-date=25 October 2024}}
For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was {{convert|14.4|°C|°F|0}} with an annual atmospheric temperature of {{convert|16.3|°C|°F|0}}. The average annual total rainfall during this period was 732 mm, with 6.5 days of precipitation in January and 2.8 days in July.{{Cite journal|last1=Joly|first1=Daniel|last2=Brossard|first2=Thierry|last3=Cardot|first3=Hervé|last4=Cavailhes|first4=Jean|last5=Hilal|first5=Mohamed|last6=Wavresky|first6=Pierre|title=Climate Types in France: A Spatial Construction|journal=Cybergéo, European Journal of Geography|number=501|date=June 18, 2010|doi=10.4000/cybergeo.23155|url=http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/23155|access-date=26 October 2024|doi-access=free}} For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Saint-André-de-Sangonis, {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} away as the crow flies,{{Cite web |url=https://fr.distance.to/Pouzols,Hérault/saint-andre-de-sangonis,Hérault |title=Orthodromie entre Pouzols et Saint-André-de-Sangonis |website=fr.distance.to |access-date=25 October 2024}} is {{convert|15.5|°C|°F|0}}, and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.{{Cite web |url=https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_34239002.pdf|title=Station Météo-France « St Andre De Sangonis » (commune de Saint-André-de-Sangonis) - fiche climatologique - période 1991-2020|website=donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr|access-date=25 October 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/metadonnees_publiques/fiches/fiche_34239002.pdf|title=Station Météo-France « St Andre De Sangonis » (commune de Saint-André-de-Sangonis) - fiche de métadonnées.|website=donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr|access-date=25 October 2024}}
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.{{Cite web|language=fr|title=Climadiag Commune:diagnostiquez les enjeux climatiques de votre collectivité.|url=https://meteofrance.com/climadiag-commune|date=November 2022|website=meteofrance.fr|access-date=25 October 2024}}
Population
In 2022, the commune had a population of 956.{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290607/dep34.pdf |title=Populations de référence 2022: 34 Hérault|date=December 2024|publisher=INSEE}}
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1999,{{Cassini-Ehess|27840|27840}} and INSEE since 2007.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-34215#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |269
|1800 |272
|1806 |302
|1821 |262
|1831 |340
|1836 |338
|1841 |319
|1846 |324
|1851 |346
|1856 |359
|1861 |352
|1866 |373
|1872 |361
|1876 |407
|1881 |324
|1886 |332
|1891 |424
|1896 |420
|1901 |458
|1906 |465
|1911 |471
|1921 |512
|1926 |539
|1931 |569
|1936 |475
|1946 |511
|1954 |428
|1962 |441
|1968 |413
|1975 |335
|1982 |368
|1990 |436
|1999 |629
|2007 |812
|2012 |867
|2017 |967
|2022 |956
}}
See also
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