| Popian | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Popian (Hérault).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Lodève |
| Canton: | Gignac |
| Insee: | 34208 |
| Postal Code: | 34230 |
| Mayor: | Marie-Agnès Sibertin-Blanc[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Vallée de l'Hérault |
| Coordinates: | 43.6208°N 3.5358°W |
| Elevation M: | 50 |
| Elevation Min M: | 47 |
| Elevation Max M: | 130 |
| Area Km2: | 5.86 |
Popian (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
The neighboring communes are Gignac, Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, Le Pouget and Pouzols.
In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the 1971-2000 period. In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a Mediterranean climate and is part of the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5°C, very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.[2]
For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14.4°C with an annual atmospheric temperature of 16.5°C. The average annual total rainfall during this period was 774 mm, with 6.4 days of precipitation in January and 2.7 days in July.[3] For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Saint-André-de-Sangonis, 4km (02miles) away as the crow flies,[4] is 15.5°C, and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.[5] [6]
For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[7]
Changes in the number of inhabitants have been documented through population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. For communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a full census of the population is conducted every five years, with the legal populations for the intervening years estimated through interpolation or extrapolation.[8] For this commune, the first complete census under the new system was carried out in 2008.[9]
In 2021, the commune had a population of 355,[10] reflecting an increase of +2.31 since 2015 (Hérault: +7.29%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.84%).