Comps-sur-Artuby (, literally ''Comps on
Artuby''; oc, Comps d'Artubi) is a
commune in the
Var department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in southeastern
France
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.
It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the
Gorges du Verdon
The Verdon Gorge ( French: ''Gorges du Verdon'') is a river canyon located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is about 25 km (15.5 mi) long and up to 700 metres (0.4 mi) deep. It was formed by th ...
.
Geography
Climate
Comps-sur-Artuby has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate (
Köppen climate classification
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''Csb''). The average annual temperature in Comps-sur-Artuby 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 Comps-sur-Artuby was on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 23 January 1963.
See also
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Communes of the Var department
References
Communes of Var (department)
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