Pierrelatte (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁlat]; Occitan: Pèiralata) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Since the 1980s it hosts one of the biggest production plants of the enriched uranium existing in the world, used both for civil and military purposes.[3]
Population
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personalities
- Jean Aurenche, screenwriter (1903-1992)
- Agnès Callamard, human rights activist and the current Secretary General of Amnesty International (born 1963)[6]
- Jérôme Bernard, racing cyclist (born 1971)
- Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
- Anthony Cellier, French politician (born 1975)
- David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)
Climate
| Climate data for Pierrelatte (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.8 (92.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
40.2 (104.4) |
41.1 (106.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.9 (2.44) |
38.5 (1.52) |
46.2 (1.82) |
65.4 (2.57) |
68.9 (2.71) |
44.7 (1.76) |
40.4 (1.59) |
50.9 (2.00) |
102.6 (4.04) |
110.6 (4.35) |
111.8 (4.40) |
53.3 (2.10) |
795.2 (31.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 70.0 |
| Source: Meteociel[7] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires”. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Franco Fabiani (14 April 1987). “Nucleare: anche la Francia trema” [Nuclear energy: the France trembles]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Paris.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d’aujourd’hui: Commune data sheet Pierrelatte, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ “Agnès Callamard (Amnistía Internacional): “No estamos lejos de máquinas que maten sin intervención humana. Y eso es aterrador”“. El Periódico (in Spanish). 21 September 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ “Normales et records pour Pierrelatte (26)”. Meteociel. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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