Conqueyrac

Conqueyrac (French pronunciation: ​[kɔ̃kɛʁak]; Occitan: Concairac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Conqueyrac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Conqueyrac
Conqueyrac Conqueyrac
Coordinates: 43°56′51″N 3°54′33″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Le Vigan
Canton	Le Vigan
Intercommunality	Piémont Cévenol
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Dautheville
Area ^1	27.18 km^2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	97
• Density	3.6/km^2 (9.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30093 /30170
Elevation	100–368 m (328–1,207 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Climate

Temperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Conqueyrac and Saint-Christol-lès-Alès on 12 August 2003 during the 2003 European heat wave.[2] They were France's highest temperatures ever recorded until 28 June 2019, when temperatures reached as high as 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in southern France.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	75	—
1968	83	+10.7%
1975	82	−1.2%
1982	123	+50.0%
1990	133	+8.1%
1999	122	−8.3%
2008	104	−14.8%

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Météo France
3. "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. June 28, 2019.