Les Achards

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Les Achards

(2020–2026) Michel Valla^[1]Area

30.30 km² (11.70 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,391 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85152 /85150

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Achards (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʃaʁ]) is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of La Mothe-Achard (the seat) and La Chapelle-Achard.^[3]

Geography

Climate

Les Achards has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Les Achards is 12.8 °C (55.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 959.1 mm (37.76 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.7 °C (67.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Achards was 41.2 °C (106.2 °F) on 12 July 1949; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.2 °C (8.2 °F) on 16 January 1985.

Climate data for Les Achards (La Mothe-Achard, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1942−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.1 (61.0)	21.1 (70.0)	25.1 (77.2)	28.5 (83.3)	34.8 (94.6)	39.8 (103.6)	41.2 (106.2)	39.6 (103.3)	34.8 (94.6)	29.3 (84.7)	21.3 (70.3)	17.7 (63.9)	41.2 (106.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.4 (48.9)	10.4 (50.7)	13.3 (55.9)	15.8 (60.4)	19.5 (67.1)	23.0 (73.4)	25.1 (77.2)	25.2 (77.4)	22.4 (72.3)	17.8 (64.0)	13.0 (55.4)	10.1 (50.2)	17.1 (62.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.6 (43.9)	6.9 (44.4)	9.1 (48.4)	11.2 (52.2)	14.7 (58.5)	17.9 (64.2)	19.6 (67.3)	19.7 (67.5)	17.2 (63.0)	14.0 (57.2)	9.8 (49.6)	7.2 (45.0)	12.8 (55.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.8 (38.8)	3.4 (38.1)	5.0 (41.0)	6.6 (43.9)	9.9 (49.8)	12.7 (54.9)	14.2 (57.6)	14.2 (57.6)	11.9 (53.4)	10.1 (50.2)	6.6 (43.9)	4.2 (39.6)	8.5 (47.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.2 (8.2)	−12.5 (9.5)	−9.6 (14.7)	−3.5 (25.7)	−2.5 (27.5)	0.7 (33.3)	5.0 (41.0)	5.0 (41.0)	1.8 (35.2)	−4.0 (24.8)	−7.5 (18.5)	−12.0 (10.4)	−13.2 (8.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	105.0 (4.13)	77.4 (3.05)	68.8 (2.71)	71.2 (2.80)	61.6 (2.43)	44.5 (1.75)	50.3 (1.98)	59.2 (2.33)	81.8 (3.22)	106.6 (4.20)	118.7 (4.67)	114.0 (4.49)	959.1 (37.76)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	13.6	11.2	10.1	10.3	9.7	7.5	7.8	7.9	8.5	12.7	13.9	14.0	127.2
Source: Météo-France^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,941	—
1975	2,092	+1.08%
1982	2,600	+3.15%
1990	2,778	+0.83%
1999	3,059	+1.08%
2007	3,934	+3.19%
2012	4,683	+3.55%
2017	5,063	+1.57%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Achards.

^ "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.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2016 (in French)
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE