Ramatuelle
(avg. 146 m or 479 ft)
Ramatuelle (French pronunciation: [ʁamatɥɛl]; Provençal: Ramatuela) is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
History
Ramatuelle lies near St-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime and Gassin. It was built on a hill to defend itself against enemies. The town was known in the Middle Ages as Ramatuella (derived from the Arabic Rahmatollah i.e. رحمة الله 'the mercy of God')[3] and was part of the area ruled by the Moors of nearby Fraxinet in the ninth and tenth centuries.[4]
- Centre of the village
- Mediterranean coast
- Château Volterra.
Geography
Climate
Ramatuelle has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Ramatuelle is 16.2 °C (61.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 696.8 mm (27.43 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ramatuelle was 37.3 °C (99.1 °F) on 16 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 10 February 1956.
Climate data for Ramatuelle (Cape Camarat, altitude 107m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1949–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.9 (94.8) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 33.4 (92.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 37.3 (99.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 19.7 (67.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.2 (61.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 12.8 (55.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −10.0 (14.0) | −5.4 (22.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | −2.5 (27.5) | −2.8 (27.0) | −10.0 (14.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.0 (3.03) | 50.0 (1.97) | 45.6 (1.80) | 70.9 (2.79) | 38.9 (1.53) | 31.5 (1.24) | 11.7 (0.46) | 22.8 (0.90) | 61.9 (2.44) | 119.0 (4.69) | 83.8 (3.30) | 83.7 (3.30) | 696.8 (27.43) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 60.4 |
Source: Météo-France[5] |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,253 | — |
1975 | 1,209 | −0.51% |
1982 | 1,762 | +5.53% |
1990 | 1,945 | +1.24% |
1999 | 2,131 | +1.02% |
2007 | 2,272 | +0.80% |
2012 | 2,126 | −1.32% |
2017 | 2,070 | −0.53% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
Notable people
- David Hamilton (British photographer), lived here around 1975-1980
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Xavier de Planhol; Paul Claval (1994). An Historical Geography of France (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780521322089.
- ^ P. Sénac, "Contribution a l'étude des incursions Musulmanes dans l'Occident Chrétien: la localisation du Ğabal al-Qilāl" Revue de l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée, 31 (1981) 7–14.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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