Gallargues-le-Montueux

Gallargues-le-Montueux is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Gallargues-le-Montueux
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Gallargues-le-Montueux
Gallargues-le-Montueux
Gallargues-le-Montueux
Coordinates: 43°43′19″N 4°10′25″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonAigues-Mortes
IntercommunalityRhôny Vistre Vidourle
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Freddy Cerda
Area
1
10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,708
 • Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30123 /30660
Elevation8–65 m (26–213 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Climate

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).[2] On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, a temperature of 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) was recorded in Gallargues-le-Montueux. It was initially reported as the highest temperature in French meteorological history, but a subsequent review of measurements by Météo-France determined that the temperature reached 46.0 °C (114.8 °F) in nearby Verargues.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,312—    
19681,354+3.2%
19751,324−2.2%
19821,633+23.3%
19901,988+21.7%
19992,303+15.8%
20083,199+38.9%
20143,572+11.7%

Education

There is a public preschool/nursery (ecole maternelle) as well as the public Ecole Elementaire la Maurelle.[4]

The collège (junior high school) serving the community is Collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux. In addition to Gallargues-le-Montueux, it also serves Aigues-Vives and Aimargues. It opened in September 2014. As of 2017 it has about 600 students.[5]

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See also
Gallargues-le-Montueux

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Climat Gallargues-le-Montueux: Température moyenne Gallargues-le-Montueux, diagramme climatique pour Gallargues-le-Montueux - Climate-Data.org". fr.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  3. http://www.meteofrance.fr/actualites/74345599-c-est-officiel-on-a-atteint-les-46-c-en-france-en-juin
  4. "Infos et Adresse utiles." Gallargues. October 29, 2014. Retrieved on July 15, 2017.
  5. "Le collège" (Archive at Archive.is). Aimargues. Retrieved on 15 July 2017. "Le collège de Gallargues-le-Montueux ouvre ses portes en septembre 2014. Il accueille tous les collégiens d'Aimargues, d'Aigues-Vives et de Gallargues-le-Montueux."
on June 28, 2019, the highest temperature ever recorded in France - 45.8C - was experienced here.


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