Silhac is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.
Geography
Climate
In 2010, the climate of the commune was a altered Mediterranean climate type, according to a French National Centre for Scientific Research study based on a series of data covering the period 1971-2000.[3] The average annual temperature is 10.3 °C , with an annual temperature range of 17 °C . The average annual cumulative precipitation is 1,048 mm , with 7.7 days of precipitation in January and 5.4 days in July.[3]
In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is in classified as a transition zone between the mountain climate and the Mediterranean climate and is in the Middle Rhône Valley climatic region. The region is characterized by good sunshine in the summer (fraction of insolation > 60%), a high annual temperature amplitude (4 to 20 °C), dry air in all seasons, stormy in summer, strong winds (mistral), and high rainfall in autumn (250 to 300 mm).[4]
Hydrography
The Dunière, a 24 km[5] watercourse which runs alongside the municipal territory, is a tributary of the Eyrieux, a river which borders the southern part of its territory.
Administration
The municipal council of Silhac, a commune of less than 1,000 inhabitants, is elected by a two-round plurinominal majority vote with isolated or grouped candidacies and the possibility of mixing.[6][7]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 371 | — |
| 1968 | 487 | +31.3% |
| 1975 | 353 | −27.5% |
| 1982 | 337 | −4.5% |
| 1990 | 286 | −15.1% |
| 1999 | 312 | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 340 | +9.0% |
See also
References
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- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Joly, Daniel; Brossard, Thierry; Cardot, Hervé; Cavailhes, Jean; Hilal, Mohamed; Wavresky, Pierre (18 June 2010). "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale". Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography (in French). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155. ISSN 1278-3366. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "A bit of geography". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Sandre. "La dunière [V4160500] - Cours d'eau selon la version Carthage 2017". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Electoral code: Section 1: Voting method". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "What is the voting method for municipal elections in municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants?". www.vie-publique.fr. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
