Val Buëch-Méouge (French pronunciation: [la bɥɛʃ meuʒ]) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Ribiers, Châteauneuf-de-Chabre and Antonaves.[3]
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  Val Buëch-Méouge  Val Buëch-Méouge | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′52″N 5°51′22″E / 44.231°N 5.856°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Gap |
| Canton | Laragne-Montéglin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Nicolas[1] |
| Area 1 | 68.48 km2 (26.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,319 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05118 /05300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Val Buëch-Méouge has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Val Buëch-Méouge is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 913.5 mm (35.96 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Val Buëch-Méouge was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Ribiers, Val Buëch-Méouge (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 40.9 (105.6) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.9 (102.0) | 33.4 (92.1) | 29.8 (85.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.1 (46.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 6.5 (43.7) | 2.5 (36.5) | 11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | −1.7 (28.9) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) | −13.9 (7.0) | −12.0 (10.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | −4.1 (24.6) | −10.3 (13.5) | −14.1 (6.6) | −15.4 (4.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.5 (2.89) | 47.6 (1.87) | 51.8 (2.04) | 91.9 (3.62) | 78.1 (3.07) | 62.7 (2.47) | 36.0 (1.42) | 51.5 (2.03) | 93.9 (3.70) | 123.5 (4.86) | 119.5 (4.70) | 83.5 (3.29) | 913.5 (35.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 80.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||