Alzon | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville d'Alzon (30).svg |
Arrondissement: | Le Vigan |
Canton: | Le Vigan |
Insee: | 30009 |
Postal Code: | 30770 |
Mayor: | Roger Laurens[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays Viganais |
Coordinates: | 43.9678°N 3.4403°W |
Elevation M: | 600 |
Elevation Min M: | 502 |
Elevation Max M: | 1414 |
Area Km2: | 27.48 |
Alzon (in French pronounced as /alzɔ̃/) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
The commune is located in the south of the Cévennes National Park, in the upper Vis river valley.
Alzon has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Alzon 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 Alzon was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 March 2005.