Chantonnay
Chantonnay
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Chantonnay (French: [ʃɑ̃tɔnɛ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Chantonnay | |
|---|---|
The town hall in Chantonnay | |
| Coordinates: 46°41′16″N 1°02′58″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Chantonnay |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Chantonnay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Isabelle Moinet[1] |
| Area 1 | 82.91 km2 (32.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 8,447 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85051 /85110 |
| Elevation | 18–112 m (59–367 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The river Lay flows southwestward through the commune and forms part of its eastern and southern borders.
Climate
Chantonnay has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Chantonnay is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 876.9 mm (34.52 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.9 °C (67.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Chantonnay was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 15 February 1956.
| Climate data for Chantonnay (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1951−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
41.3 (106.3) |
39.8 (103.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97.5 (3.84) |
67.4 (2.65) |
63.5 (2.50) |
67.3 (2.65) |
62.6 (2.46) |
44.0 (1.73) |
49.9 (1.96) |
45.2 (1.78) |
73.2 (2.88) |
106.9 (4.21) |
96.3 (3.79) |
103.1 (4.06) |
876.9 (34.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.2 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 123.9 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6,172 | — |
| 1975 | 6,991 | +1.80% |
| 1982 | 7,235 | +0.49% |
| 1990 | 7,458 | +0.38% |
| 1999 | 7,541 | +0.12% |
| 2007 | 8,040 | +0.80% |
| 2012 | 8,306 | +0.65% |
| 2017 | 8,318 | +0.03% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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