Saint-Martial, Gard

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Martial

(2020–2026) Françoise Jutteau^[1]Area

17.16 km² (6.63 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

187 • Density11/km² (28/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30283 /30440

Elevation276–1,125 m (906–3,691 ft)
(avg. 462 m or 1,516 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martial (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsjal]; Occitan: Sant Marçal) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Saint-Martial has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Saint-Martial is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,247.1 mm (49.10 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.0 °C (73.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Martial was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.4 °C (13.3 °F) on 12 February 2012.

Climate data for Saint-Martial (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1998−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.4 (70.5)	23.4 (74.1)	26.8 (80.2)	30.4 (86.7)	31.8 (89.2)	41.7 (107.1)	37.2 (99.0)	39.8 (103.6)	34.3 (93.7)	32.2 (90.0)	24.3 (75.7)	21.1 (70.0)	41.7 (107.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.9 (49.8)	10.9 (51.6)	14.4 (57.9)	17.4 (63.3)	21.5 (70.7)	26.6 (79.9)	29.4 (84.9)	29.0 (84.2)	24.3 (75.7)	18.8 (65.8)	13.4 (56.1)	10.6 (51.1)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	6.7 (44.1)	9.7 (49.5)	12.5 (54.5)	16.1 (61.0)	20.5 (68.9)	23.0 (73.4)	22.7 (72.9)	18.8 (65.8)	14.6 (58.3)	9.7 (49.5)	7.0 (44.6)	14.0 (57.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.6 (36.7)	2.5 (36.5)	5.0 (41.0)	7.6 (45.7)	10.8 (51.4)	14.5 (58.1)	16.7 (62.1)	16.5 (61.7)	13.3 (55.9)	10.4 (50.7)	6.1 (43.0)	3.4 (38.1)	9.1 (48.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−8.3 (17.1)	−10.4 (13.3)	−8.3 (17.1)	0.0 (32.0)	2.3 (36.1)	5.0 (41.0)	8.0 (46.4)	9.7 (49.5)	5.6 (42.1)	−3.3 (26.1)	−6.1 (21.0)	−8.3 (17.1)	−10.4 (13.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	95.5 (3.76)	71.6 (2.82)	97.4 (3.83)	116.5 (4.59)	110.3 (4.34)	58.3 (2.30)	42.9 (1.69)	61.2 (2.41)	128.7 (5.07)	179.2 (7.06)	177.9 (7.00)	107.6 (4.24)	1,247.1 (49.10)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.3	6.2	6.9	8.2	8.4	5.4	4.3	4.9	5.5	9.9	9.6	7.4	83.8
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	200	—
1968	223	+11.5%
1975	201	−9.9%
1982	171	−14.9%
1990	188	+9.9%
1999	156	−17.0%
2008	194	+24.4%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 4 September 2022.