Villevieille

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 / 43.7894°N 4.0972°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Calvisson
Intercommunality	Pays de Sommières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cécile Marquier
Area 1	8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,841
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30352 /30250
Elevation	23–106 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.

Villevieille (French pronunciation: [vil.vjɛj]; Occitan: Vilavièlha) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

Climate data for Villevieille (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1970−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.4 (72.3)	24.5 (76.1)	28.7 (83.7)	31.4 (88.5)	35.5 (95.9)	45.4 (113.7)	41.6 (106.9)	40.9 (105.6)	36.0 (96.8)	33.1 (91.6)	26.3 (79.3)	22.1 (71.8)	45.4 (113.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.9 (53.4)	13.3 (55.9)	16.9 (62.4)	19.5 (67.1)	23.7 (74.7)	28.4 (83.1)	31.5 (88.7)	31.2 (88.2)	26.3 (79.3)	21.0 (69.8)	15.6 (60.1)	12.3 (54.1)	21.0 (69.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.8 (44.2)	7.5 (45.5)	10.7 (51.3)	13.4 (56.1)	17.2 (63.0)	21.3 (70.3)	24.1 (75.4)	23.9 (75.0)	19.6 (67.3)	15.6 (60.1)	10.6 (51.1)	7.4 (45.3)	14.8 (58.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.8 (35.2)	1.7 (35.1)	4.4 (39.9)	7.2 (45.0)	10.8 (51.4)	14.3 (57.7)	16.6 (61.9)	16.5 (61.7)	12.9 (55.2)	10.2 (50.4)	5.6 (42.1)	2.5 (36.5)	8.7 (47.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.9 (7.0)	−10.1 (13.8)	−10.7 (12.7)	−2.7 (27.1)	0.9 (33.6)	5.1 (41.2)	7.5 (45.5)	5.5 (41.9)	2.2 (36.0)	−2.2 (28.0)	−7.9 (17.8)	−9.7 (14.5)	−13.9 (7.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	62.2 (2.45)	42.5 (1.67)	47.0 (1.85)	71.2 (2.80)	53.1 (2.09)	39.3 (1.55)	21.6 (0.85)	48.8 (1.92)	107.6 (4.24)	103.7 (4.08)	97.8 (3.85)	66.3 (2.61)	761.1 (29.96)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.0	4.6	4.8	6.5	6.0	4.6	3.1	4.3	5.1	6.7	7.6	5.9	65.4
Source: Météo-France^[6]