Lunas (; ) is a former commune in the

Hérault Hérault (; , ) is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault (river), Hérault River, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is M ...

department in southern

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. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of

Lunas-les-Châteaux Lunas-les-Châteaux (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. It was formed on 1 January 2025, with the merger of Lunas and Dio-et-Valquières. See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative ...

. It is situated on the D35 between

Lodève Lodève (; , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Hérault, in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, southern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefe ...

and

Bédarieux Bédarieux (; ) is a town and Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in southern France. The town is surrounded by the Espinou ...

Geography

Climate

Lunas has a warm-summer

mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

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''Csb''). The average annual temperature in Lunas 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 Lunas was on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 March 2005.

Population

References

External links

Official site
Former communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub