Ramatuelle (French pronunciation: [ʁamatɥɛl]; Provençal: Ramatuela) is a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Ramatuelle | |
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 A view of Ramatuelle | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ramatuelle  | |
  Ramatuelle  Ramatuelle | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′00″N 6°36′43″E / 43.2167°N 6.6119°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Draguignan |
| Canton | Sainte-Maxime |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roland Bruno[1] |
Area 1 | 35.57 km2 (13.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,963 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 83101 /83350 |
| Elevation | 0–324 m (0–1,063 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editRamatuelle lies near St-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime and Gassin. It was built on a hill to defend itself against enemies. The town was known in the Middle Ages as Ramatuella (derived from the Arabic Rahmatollah i.e. رحمة الله 'the mercy of God')[3] and was part of the area ruled by the Moors of nearby Fraxinet in the ninth and tenth centuries.[4]
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Centre of the village -
Mediterranean coast -
Château Volterra.
Geography
editClimate
editRamatuelle has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Ramatuelle is 16.2 °C (61.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 696.8 mm (27.43 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ramatuelle was 37.3 °C (99.1 °F) on 16 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 10 February 1956.
| Climate data for Ramatuelle (Cape Camarat, altitude 107m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1949–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.0 (3.03) |
50.0 (1.97) |
45.6 (1.80) |
70.9 (2.79) |
38.9 (1.53) |
31.5 (1.24) |
11.7 (0.46) |
22.8 (0.90) |
61.9 (2.44) |
119.0 (4.69) |
83.8 (3.30) |
83.7 (3.30) |
696.8 (27.43) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 60.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[5] | |||||||||||||
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,253 | — |
| 1975 | 1,209 | −0.51% |
| 1982 | 1,762 | +5.53% |
| 1990 | 1,945 | +1.24% |
| 1999 | 2,131 | +1.02% |
| 2007 | 2,272 | +0.80% |
| 2012 | 2,126 | −1.32% |
| 2017 | 2,070 | −0.53% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Notable people
edit- David Hamilton (British photographer), lived here around 1975-1980
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Xavier de Planhol; Paul Claval (1994). An Historical Geography of France (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780521322089.
- ^ P. Sénac, "Contribution a l'étude des incursions Musulmanes dans l'Occident Chrétien: la localisation du Ğabal al-Qilāl" Revue de l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée, 31 (1981) 7–14.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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