Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (French pronunciation: [plɑ̃ dops sɛ̃t bom]; Provençal: Lo Plan d’Aups de la Santa Bauma, before 1993: Plan-d'Aups)[3] is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies to the north of the Sainte-Baume mountain range.
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume | |
|---|---|
 The cave of Sainte-Baume | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume  | |
  Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume  Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′46″N 5°43′01″E / 43.3295°N 5.717°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Brignoles |
| Canton | Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | CA Provence Verte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Carine Paillard[1] |
Area 1 | 24.91 km2 (9.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,333 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83093 /83640 |
| Elevation | 510–1,148 m (1,673–3,766 ft) (avg. 700 m or 2,300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editSecond World War
editIn June 1944, at the aftermath of D-Day when the French Resistance went on an offensive against the German occupiers, the hills near Plan-d'Aups were the site of a bloody battle. Some 200 Maquis had set up a camp there, commanded by SOE agent Robert Burdett. They were attacked by large German forces. Though taken by surprise due to a faulty placing of guards, the Maquis did inflict considerable casualties on the Germans and many of them managed to escape into the surrounding mountains.[4]
Geography
editClimate
editPlan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,001.8 mm (39.44 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.9 °C (16.0 °F) on 4 February 2012.
| Climate data for Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
41.6 (106.9) |
38.1 (100.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 93.3 (3.67) |
82.3 (3.24) |
82.7 (3.26) |
93.2 (3.67) |
79.4 (3.13) |
52.0 (2.05) |
21.7 (0.85) |
28.4 (1.12) |
56.0 (2.20) |
122.2 (4.81) |
168.0 (6.61) |
122.6 (4.83) |
1,001.8 (39.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 68.6 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 185 | — |
| 1975 | 207 | +1.62% |
| 1982 | 249 | +2.67% |
| 1990 | 361 | +4.75% |
| 1999 | 764 | +8.69% |
| 2007 | 1,176 | +5.54% |
| 2012 | 1,859 | +9.59% |
| 2017 | 2,158 | +3.03% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret du 26 mars 1993 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
- ^ Evelyn Le Chene, "Watch for Me by Moonlight" (wartime experiences of Robert Burdett), Corgi, London 1974
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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