Formiguères

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Formiguères

(2020–2026) Philippe Petitqueux^[1]Area

46.88 km² (18.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

496 • Density11/km² (27/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66082 /66210

Elevation1,428–2,808 m (4,685–9,213 ft)
(avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Formiguères (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɡɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Formiguera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Its inhabitants are called Formiguérois.

Geography

Formiguères is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Climate

On average, Formiguères experiences 143.4 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 9.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 15.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 2.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 18 August 2012, while the record low temperature was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on 11 March 2010.^[4]

Climate data for Formiguères (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.8 (65.8)	18.6 (65.5)	20.9 (69.6)	23.4 (74.1)	29.9 (85.8)	32.6 (90.7)	33.7 (92.7)	35.2 (95.4)	28.2 (82.8)	26.2 (79.2)	22.7 (72.9)	18.6 (65.5)	35.2 (95.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	5.8 (42.4)	8.4 (47.1)	11.8 (53.2)	14.9 (58.8)	18.9 (66.0)	22.1 (71.8)	21.9 (71.4)	18.5 (65.3)	15.2 (59.4)	9.2 (48.6)	6.8 (44.2)	13.3 (55.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	0.7 (33.3)	3.1 (37.6)	6.2 (43.2)	9.2 (48.6)	12.9 (55.2)	15.4 (59.7)	15.3 (59.5)	12.1 (53.8)	9.3 (48.7)	4.1 (39.4)	1.6 (34.9)	7.6 (45.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.1 (24.6)	−4.5 (23.9)	−2.2 (28.0)	0.5 (32.9)	3.5 (38.3)	6.8 (44.2)	8.8 (47.8)	8.7 (47.7)	5.7 (42.3)	3.4 (38.1)	−0.9 (30.4)	−3.5 (25.7)	1.9 (35.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−17.9 (−0.2)	−17.0 (1.4)	−18.6 (−1.5)	−10.4 (13.3)	−5.1 (22.8)	−2.3 (27.9)	0.0 (32.0)	−1.2 (29.8)	−4.6 (23.7)	−8.2 (17.2)	−14.2 (6.4)	−15.4 (4.3)	−18.6 (−1.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	62.1 (2.44)	40.9 (1.61)	57.6 (2.27)	65.4 (2.57)	72.2 (2.84)	73.9 (2.91)	68.4 (2.69)	64.7 (2.55)	58.3 (2.30)	54.5 (2.15)	78.0 (3.07)	41.3 (1.63)	737.3 (29.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	8.5	6.9	8.9	10.9	9.7	9.7	7.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	7.7	6.0	95.7
Source: Meteociel^[4]

Population

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	370	—
1975	313	−2.36%
1982	312	−0.05%
1990	357	+1.70%
1999	434	+2.19%
2007	437	+0.09%
2012	422	−0.70%
2017	479	+2.57%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ ^a ^b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Formiguères". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE