Pujaut (; oc, Puejaut) is a
commune
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in the
Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;[department
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in southern
France
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. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the
Rhône
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, 4.5 km north of
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (; Provençal: ''Vilanòva d’Avinhon'') is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled ''Villeneuve-lez-Avignon''.
History
In the 6th century the Benedictine abbey of St André was foun ...
and 5 km south of
Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.
Geography
Climate
Pujaut has a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 2002.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Gard department
This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Further reading
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External links
Village council website(in French)
Communes of Gard
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