Loudervielle

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Loudervielle

(2020–2026) Évelyne Bertranuc^[1]Area

5.39 km² (2.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

48 • Density8.9/km² (23/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

65283 /65510

Elevation1,038–2,034 m (3,406–6,673 ft)
(avg. 1,150 m or 3,770 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loudervielle (French pronunciation: [ludɛʁvjɛl]; Occitan: Lodervièla) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

Loudervielle sits in the Bigorre region, in the valley of the river Louron. The west side of the mountain pass Col de Peyresourde lies on the eastern edge of the commune.

The village's original Latin name, found in the church register of Comminges, was De Lodirvilla, and the name in Occitan is Lodervièla.^[3]

The village arms are described as azure, a lion or, a chief argent with three crescents of the field, the largest in the middle.

Geography

Sights and monuments

Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
12th-century Tour de Moulor, the ruins of a medieval castle.

Climate

Loudervielle has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loudervielle is 8.4 °C (47.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,122.3 mm (44.19 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.1 °C (61.0 °F), and lowest in February, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudervielle was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.1 °C (1.2 °F) on 1 March 2005.

Climate data for Loudervielle^[4] (altitude 1587m, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.3 (68.5)	18.9 (66.0)	19.6 (67.3)	22.7 (72.9)	28.3 (82.9)	32.4 (90.3)	31.7 (89.1)	32.5 (90.5)	28.6 (83.5)	23.3 (73.9)	21.4 (70.5)	19.7 (67.5)	32.5 (90.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.0 (42.8)	5.9 (42.6)	7.9 (46.2)	10.6 (51.1)	13.8 (56.8)	18.0 (64.4)	20.6 (69.1)	20.3 (68.5)	16.9 (62.4)	14.0 (57.2)	8.7 (47.7)	7.3 (45.1)	12.5 (54.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.2 (36.0)	1.6 (34.9)	3.7 (38.7)	6.6 (43.9)	9.7 (49.5)	13.7 (56.7)	16.1 (61.0)	15.8 (60.4)	13.0 (55.4)	10.3 (50.5)	5.1 (41.2)	3.4 (38.1)	8.4 (47.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.6 (29.1)	−2.7 (27.1)	−0.4 (31.3)	2.6 (36.7)	5.5 (41.9)	9.3 (48.7)	11.6 (52.9)	11.4 (52.5)	9.0 (48.2)	6.6 (43.9)	1.6 (34.9)	−0.5 (31.1)	4.4 (39.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−15.0 (5.0)	−16.3 (2.7)	−17.1 (1.2)	−9.4 (15.1)	−4.8 (23.4)	−0.4 (31.3)	3.0 (37.4)	3.1 (37.6)	−1.8 (28.8)	−7.0 (19.4)	−9.7 (14.5)	−13.5 (7.7)	−17.1 (1.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	94.0 (3.70)	84.9 (3.34)	86.3 (3.40)	117.4 (4.62)	121.7 (4.79)	105.2 (4.14)	84.2 (3.31)	72.8 (2.87)	76.7 (3.02)	87.0 (3.43)	122.4 (4.82)	69.7 (2.74)	1,122.3 (44.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.9	10.1	11.8	13.9	12.6	12.5	10.4	10.1	9.4	9.4	11.6	9.7	132.5
Source: Météo-France^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Michel Grosclaude et Jean-François Le Nail, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Conseil général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000.
^ Meteo-France Weather Station
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.