Aiguines Explained

Aiguines
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Aiguines.svg
Arrondissement:Brignoles
Canton:Flayosc
Insee:83002
Postal Code:83630
Mayor:Charles-Antoine Mordelet[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Lacs et Gorges du Verdon
Coordinates:43.7757°N 6.2431°W
Elevation M:817
Elevation Min M:470
Elevation Max M:1572
Area Km2:114.43

Aiguines (in French pronounced as /ɛɡin/; Occitan (post 1500);: Aiguina) is a rural commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

It is located within the arrondissement of Brignoles, 18 km (11.1 mi) southwest of Castellane in neighbouring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the departmental border with which Aiguines is located on, following the flow of the Verdon River. In 2019, Aiguines had a population of 270.

Geography

Climate

Aiguines has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Aiguines is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Aiguines was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 February 2012.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.