Montdardier (; oc, Montdardièr) is a

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in the

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in southern

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Geography

Climate

Montdardier has a

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(

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''Csb'') closely bordering on a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

(''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Montdardier is . The average annual rainfall is with October 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 Montdardier was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 27 February 2018.

Population

Sights

*The castle in neo-gothic style *''La Tude massif'' *The church Several

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above Montdardier were formerly important sources of

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. Stone from these quarries, marketed as

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stone, earned an honorable mention in

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of 1851.Class I, Report on Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations, and Mineral Products
Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes Into Which the Exhibition was Divided
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851, Clowes, London, 1852; page 28.

References

Communes of Gard {{Gard-geo-stub

Geography

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Population

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