Vic-en-Bigorre

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Vic-en-Bigorre

(2020–2026) Clément Menet^[1]Area

31.93 km² (12.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,822 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

65460 /65500

Elevation192–323 m (630–1,060 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vic-en-Bigorre (French pronunciation: [vik ɑ̃ biɡɔʁ], literally Vic in Bigorre; Occitan: Vic de Bigòrra) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

Geography

Climate

Vic-en-Bigorre has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Vic-en-Bigorre is 13.1 °C (55.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 937.3 mm (36.90 in) with April as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.9 °C (69.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vic-en-Bigorre was 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) on 4 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.0 °C (10.4 °F) on 25 December 2001.

Climate data for Vic-en-Bigorre (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1987−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	26.8 (80.2)	29.2 (84.6)	30.3 (86.5)	33.5 (92.3)	40.1 (104.2)	39.7 (103.5)	40.4 (104.7)	36.1 (97.0)	34.1 (93.4)	26.6 (79.9)	22.6 (72.7)	40.4 (104.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.7 (51.3)	12.0 (53.6)	15.3 (59.5)	17.6 (63.7)	21.2 (70.2)	24.7 (76.5)	26.6 (79.9)	27.0 (80.6)	24.2 (75.6)	20.1 (68.2)	14.2 (57.6)	11.4 (52.5)	18.8 (65.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	6.5 (43.7)	9.5 (49.1)	12.0 (53.6)	15.7 (60.3)	19.1 (66.4)	20.8 (69.4)	20.9 (69.6)	17.8 (64.0)	14.0 (57.2)	9.0 (48.2)	6.4 (43.5)	13.1 (55.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.8 (33.4)	1.1 (34.0)	3.7 (38.7)	6.4 (43.5)	10.2 (50.4)	13.5 (56.3)	15.0 (59.0)	14.8 (58.6)	11.4 (52.5)	8.0 (46.4)	3.9 (39.0)	1.4 (34.5)	7.5 (45.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−10.0 (14.0)	−12.0 (10.4)	−9.3 (15.3)	−3.4 (25.9)	0.5 (32.9)	3.4 (38.1)	6.0 (42.8)	4.7 (40.5)	1.1 (34.0)	−4.0 (24.8)	−10.7 (12.7)	−12.0 (10.4)	−12.0 (10.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	86.6 (3.41)	69.9 (2.75)	74.0 (2.91)	99.5 (3.92)	95.5 (3.76)	74.2 (2.92)	65.1 (2.56)	58.2 (2.29)	64.5 (2.54)	71.0 (2.80)	98.6 (3.88)	80.2 (3.16)	937.3 (36.90)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.9	9.8	9.9	11.6	12.1	8.8	7.4	7.6	8.2	10.0	11.7	10.1	118.1
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,389	—
1975	4,559	+0.54%
1982	4,568	+0.03%
1990	4,888	+0.85%
1999	4,783	−0.24%
2007	5,099	+0.80%
2012	5,071	−0.11%
2017	4,897	−0.70%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

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