- Source: Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bozil də la silv]; Occitan: Sant Bausèli de la Seuva) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Equidistant from the sea and the mountains, this village, located in the canton of Gignac, 33 kilometres (21 mi) west of Montpellier and near the banks of the Hérault River, is overlooked to the east by the imposing ruins of the Château d'Aumelas.
The neighboring communes are Gignac, Aumelas, Vendémian, Le Pouget, Popian.
= Climate
=In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the 1971-2000 period. In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a Mediterranean climate and is part of the Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer 21.5 °C (71 °F), very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog.
For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was 14.2 °C (58 °F) with an annual atmospheric temperature of 16.4 °C (62 °F). The average annual total rainfall during this period was 782 mm, with 6.4 days of precipitation in January and 2.7 days in July. For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of Saint-André-de-Sangonis, 5 kilometres (3 mi) away as the crow flies, is 15.5 °C (60 °F), and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm.
For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.
Population
Changes in the number of inhabitants have been documented through population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. For communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a full census of the population is conducted every five years, with the legal populations for the intervening years estimated through interpolation or extrapolation. For this commune, the first complete census under the new system was carried out in 2005.
In 2021, the commune had a population of 922, reflecting an increase of +12,3 % since 2015 (Hérault: +7.29%, France excluding Mayotte: +1.84%).
See also
Communes of the Hérault department