Conqueyrac

Conqueyrac
Coat of arms of Conqueyrac Coat of arms
Conqueyrac
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Conqueyrac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Le Vigan
Canton	Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
Intercommunality	Cévennes-Garrigues
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Marc Le Fraper Du Hellen
Area1	27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	104
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30093 / 30170
Elevation	100–368 m (328–1,207 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Conqueyrac is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	75	—
1968	83	+10.7%
1975	82	−1.2%
1982	123	+50.0%
1990	133	+8.1%
1999	122	−8.3%
2008	104	−14.8%

Temperature record

Conqueyrac is noted for holding, together with Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in France. A temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius was recorded on the 12th of August 2003 - during the 2003 European heat wave.

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

• INSEE