Gallargues-le-Montueux

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gallargues-le-Montueux

(2020–2026) Freddy Cerda^[1]Area

10.89 km² (4.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,592 • Density330/km² (850/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.

Gallargues-le-Montueux (French pronunciation: [ɡalaʁɡ lə mɔ̃tɥø]; Occitan: Galargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

Gallargues-le-Montueux is situated near the river Vidourle, 6 km northeast of Lunel and 20 km southwest of Nîmes. Gallargues station has rail connections to Nîmes, Avignon and Montpellier.

Climate

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Climate data for Gallargues-le-Montueux (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1985−2021)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	24.7 (76.5)	28.6 (83.5)	32.0 (89.6)	36.0 (96.8)	45.9 (114.6)	39.0 (102.2)	40.1 (104.2)	35.9 (96.6)	33.1 (91.6)	26.1 (79.0)	22.0 (71.6)	45.9 (114.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	12.2 (54.0)	13.6 (56.5)	17.2 (63.0)	19.8 (67.6)	24.0 (75.2)	28.5 (83.3)	31.6 (88.9)	31.4 (88.5)	26.4 (79.5)	21.3 (70.3)	15.8 (60.4)	12.6 (54.7)	21.2 (70.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	7.5 (45.5)	8.2 (46.8)	11.4 (52.5)	14.0 (57.2)	17.9 (64.2)	22.0 (71.6)	24.9 (76.8)	24.7 (76.5)	20.3 (68.5)	16.2 (61.2)	11.2 (52.2)	8.0 (46.4)	15.5 (59.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.7 (36.9)	2.8 (37.0)	5.7 (42.3)	8.2 (46.8)	11.9 (53.4)	15.6 (60.1)	18.1 (64.6)	17.9 (64.2)	14.3 (57.7)	11.2 (52.2)	6.6 (43.9)	3.5 (38.3)	9.9 (49.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−12.5 (9.5)	−9.0 (15.8)	−6.7 (19.9)	−0.4 (31.3)	3.5 (38.3)	8.0 (46.4)	11.6 (52.9)	8.5 (47.3)	5.0 (41.0)	−0.9 (30.4)	−5.5 (22.1)	−9.1 (15.6)	−12.5 (9.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.6 (2.23)	35.9 (1.41)	41.5 (1.63)	63.5 (2.50)	47.3 (1.86)	37.7 (1.48)	19.7 (0.78)	44.2 (1.74)	97.9 (3.85)	87.7 (3.45)	88.8 (3.50)	54.0 (2.13)	674.8 (26.57)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.8	4.7	4.7	6.3	5.6	4.0	2.7	3.6	5.1	6.2	7.2	5.8	61.6
Source: Météo-France^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,354	—
1975	1,324	−0.32%
1982	1,633	+3.04%
1990	1,988	+2.49%
1999	2,303	+1.65%
2007	3,136	+3.93%
2012	3,378	+1.50%
2017	3,708	+1.88%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Education

There is a public preschool/nursery (école maternelle) as well as the public École Élémentaire la Maurelle.^[7]

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^[update] it has about 600 students.^[8]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Climat Gallargues-le-Montueux: Température moyenne Gallargues-le-Montueux, diagramme climatique pour Gallargues-le-Montueux - Climate-Data.org". fr.climate-data.org. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "METEO FRANCE - le site institutionnel de Météo-France".
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Infos et Adresse utiles." Gallargues. October 29, 2014. Retrieved on July 15, 2017.
^ "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."