Gallargues-le-Montueux

Gallargues-le-Montueux
Gallargues-le-Montueux
	Commune
	Pont Ambroix
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gallargues-le-Montueux
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	Coordinates: 43°43′19″N 4°10′25″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Aigues-Mortes
Intercommunality	Rhôny Vistre Vidourle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Freddy Cerda
Area 1	10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	3,708
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30123 /30660
Elevation	8–65 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: [galaʁg lə mɔ̃tɥø]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,312	—
1968	1,354	+3.2%
1975	1,324	−2.2%
1982	1,633	+23.3%
1990	1,988	+21.7%
1999	2,303	+15.8%
2008	3,199	+38.9%
2014	3,572	+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]

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"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.
http://www.meteofrance.fr/actualites/74345599-c-est-officiel-on-a-atteint-les-46-c-en-france-en-juin
"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."

External links

Gallargues-le-Montueux

on June 28, 2019, the highest temperature ever recorded in France - 45.8C - was experienced here.

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[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] ttp://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."