Villevieille

Villevieille is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

For the town in Alpes-Maritimes, see Châteauneuf-Villevieille. For the French painter, see Joseph Villevieille.
Villevieille
Commune
The town hall in Villevieille
Coat of arms
Location of Villevieille
Villevieille
Villevieille
Coordinates: 43°47′22″N 4°05′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonCalvisson
IntercommunalityPays de Sommières
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Maurice Fort
Area
1
8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,709
 • Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30352 /30250
Elevation23–106 m (75–348 ft)
(avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.

Climate

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).[2] On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, the temperature reached 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) in Villevieille, briefly the highest in French meteorological history, before being surpassed by Gallargues-le-Montueux later the same day.[3][4]

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962343—    
1968507+47.8%
1975650+28.2%
1982936+44.0%
19901,030+10.0%
19991,196+16.1%
20081,618+35.3%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Climat Villevieille: Température moyenne Villevieille, diagramme climatique pour Villevieille - Climate-Data.org". fr.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  3. "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. June 28, 2019.
  4. "European heatwave: Hottest day ever in France as temp of 45.9C recorded". Sky News. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.


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