Vérargues
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Vérargues
|image = Vérargues - Fontaine.jpg
|caption = An old postcard view of Vérargues
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vérargues 34.svg
|arrondissement = Montpellier
|canton = Lunel
|INSEE = 34330
|postal code = 34400
|commune = Entre-Vignes
|coordinates = {{coord|43.7172|4.1003|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 80
|elevation min m = 15
|elevation max m = 65
|area km2 = 5.51
|population = 741
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Vérargues ({{IPA|fr|veʁaʁɡ}}; Provençal: Verargas) is a former commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Entre-Vignes.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/12/13/TERB1900511A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 13 December 2018 {{in lang|fr}}
Climate
The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).{{Cite web|url=https://fr.climate-data.org/europe/france/languedoc-roussillon/gallargues-le-montueux-708455/|title=Climat Gallargues-le-Montueux: Température moyenne Gallargues-le-Montueux, diagramme climatique pour Gallargues-le-Montueux - Climate-Data.org|website=fr.climate-data.org|access-date=2019-06-29}} The average annual temperature in Vérargues is {{cvt|14.6|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|743.9|mm}} with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around {{cvt|23.8|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{convert|6.5|C}}. On 28 June 2019, during the 2019 European heat wave, a temperature of {{convert|46.0|C|F|abbr=on}} was recorded in Vérargues, the highest in French meteorological history.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meteofrance.fr/actualites/74345599-c-est-officiel-on-a-atteint-les-46-c-en-france-en-juin|title = C'est officiel : On a atteint les 46 °C en France en juin}}
{{Weather box
|location = Vérargues, elevation: {{convert|56|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1980–present
|collapsed = y
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 22.5
|Feb record high C = 25.0
|Mar record high C = 29.5
|Apr record high C = 33.0
|May record high C = 36.0
|Jun record high C = 46.0
|Jul record high C = 39.0
|Aug record high C = 41.5
|Sep record high C = 37.5
|Oct record high C = 33.5
|Nov record high C = 26.5
|Dec record high C = 21.0
|Jan high C = 11.2
|Feb high C = 12.6
|Mar high C = 16.0
|Apr high C = 18.7
|May high C = 23.0
|Jun high C = 27.5
|Jul high C = 30.7
|Aug high C = 30.3
|Sep high C = 25.8
|Oct high C = 20.5
|Nov high C = 14.9
|Dec high C = 11.7
|year high C = 20.3
|Jan mean C = 6.5
|Feb mean C = 7.5
|Mar mean C = 10.4
|Apr mean C = 13.0
|May mean C = 17.1
|Jun mean C = 20.8
|Jul mean C = 23.8
|Aug mean C = 23.4
|Sep mean C = 19.6
|Oct mean C = 15.5
|Nov mean C = 10.2
|Dec mean C = 7.2
|year mean C = 14.6
|Jan low C = 1.8
|Feb low C = 2.3
|Mar low C = 4.8
|Apr low C = 7.3
|May low C = 11.1
|Jun low C = 14.2
|Jul low C = 16.9
|Aug low C = 16.6
|Sep low C = 13.4
|Oct low C = 10.5
|Nov low C = 5.5
|Dec low C = 2.8
|year low C = 9.0
|Jan record low C = -13.5
|Feb record low C = -12.0
|Mar record low C = -8.0
|Apr record low C = -2.5
|May record low C = 2.0
|Jun record low C = 5.0
|Jul record low C = 8.0
|Aug record low C = 6.5
|Sep record low C = 3.0
|Oct record low C = -1.5
|Nov record low C = -6.0
|Dec record low C = -10.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 60.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 50.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 40.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 65.4
|May precipitation mm = 54.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 30.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 23.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 43.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 103.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 114.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 86.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 73.8
|year precipitation mm = 743.9
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.3
|Feb precipitation days = 5.2
|Mar precipitation days = 5.4
|Apr precipitation days = 6.9
|May precipitation days = 6.5
|Jun precipitation days = 4.5
|Jul precipitation days = 2.6
|Aug precipitation days = 4.1
|Sep precipitation days = 5.4
|Oct precipitation days = 7.3
|Nov precipitation days = 6.7
|Dec precipitation days = 6.4
|year precipitation days = 67.4
|source 1 = Meteo France
{{cite web
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_34330001.pdf
| title = Vérargues (34)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 29 June 2021}}
}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1962|178
|1968|308
|1975|348
|1982|291
|1990|524
|1999|446
|2008|696
}}
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See also
References
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Category:Former communes of Hérault
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