Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

(2020–2026) Carine Paillard^[1]Area

24.91 km² (9.62 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,333 • Density94/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83093 /83640

Elevation510–1,148 m (1,673–3,766 ft)
(avg. 700 m or 2,300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (French pronunciation: [plɑ̃ dops sɛ̃t bom]; Provençal: Lo Plan d’Aups de la Santa Bauma) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies to the north of the Sainte-Baume mountain range.

History

Second World War

In June 1944, at the aftermath of D-Day when the French Resistance went on an offensive against the German occupiers, the hills near Plan-d'Aups were the site of a bloody battle. Some 200 Maquis had set up a camp there, commanded by SOE agent Robert Burdett. They were attacked by large German forces. Though taken by surprise due to a faulty placing of guards, the Maquis did inflict considerable casualties on the Germans and many of them managed to escape into the surrounding mountains.^[3]

Geography

Climate

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,001.8 mm (39.44 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.9 °C (16.0 °F) on 4 February 2012.

Climate data for Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.7 (69.3)	21.1 (70.0)	23.4 (74.1)	27.2 (81.0)	31.5 (88.7)	41.6 (106.9)	38.1 (100.6)	39.0 (102.2)	33.0 (91.4)	29.0 (84.2)	20.7 (69.3)	18.6 (65.5)	41.6 (106.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	10.3 (50.5)	13.6 (56.5)	17.1 (62.8)	20.9 (69.6)	25.9 (78.6)	29.1 (84.4)	29.3 (84.7)	24.3 (75.7)	19.0 (66.2)	13.2 (55.8)	9.7 (49.5)	18.5 (65.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.0 (42.8)	6.5 (43.7)	9.3 (48.7)	12.5 (54.5)	15.9 (60.6)	20.4 (68.7)	23.3 (73.9)	23.5 (74.3)	19.2 (66.6)	14.8 (58.6)	10.0 (50.0)	6.8 (44.2)	14.0 (57.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.9 (37.2)	2.7 (36.9)	5.0 (41.0)	7.9 (46.2)	10.8 (51.4)	14.9 (58.8)	17.5 (63.5)	17.8 (64.0)	14.1 (57.4)	10.6 (51.1)	6.7 (44.1)	3.8 (38.8)	9.6 (49.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−6.8 (19.8)	−8.9 (16.0)	−4.4 (24.1)	−3.0 (26.6)	1.7 (35.1)	6.5 (43.7)	10.2 (50.4)	10.1 (50.2)	2.9 (37.2)	−2.2 (28.0)	−5.0 (23.0)	−8.2 (17.2)	−8.9 (16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	93.3 (3.67)	82.3 (3.24)	82.7 (3.26)	93.2 (3.67)	79.4 (3.13)	52.0 (2.05)	21.7 (0.85)	28.4 (1.12)	56.0 (2.20)	122.2 (4.81)	168.0 (6.61)	122.6 (4.83)	1,001.8 (39.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.2	6.8	6.3	7.0	6.8	3.7	1.9	2.1	4.4	6.5	8.9	7.1	68.6
Source: Météo-France^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	185	—
1975	207	+1.62%
1982	249	+2.67%
1990	361	+4.75%
1999	764	+8.69%
2007	1,176	+5.54%
2012	1,859	+9.59%
2017	2,158	+3.03%
Source: INSEE^[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.
^ Evelyn Le Chene, "Watch for Me by Moonlight" (wartime experiences of Robert Burdett), Corgi, London 1974
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE