Bormes-les-Mimosas
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| Coordinates: 43°09′09″N 6°20′38″E / 43.152500°N 6.3439°E / 43.152500; 6.3439 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Var |
| Arrondissement | Toulon |
| Canton | La Crau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Arizzi[1] |
| Area
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| 97.32 km2 (37.58 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 8,173 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
83019 /83230
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| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bormes-les-Mimosas (French pronunciation: [bɔʁm le mimoza]; Occitan: Bòrmas dei Mimòsas) is a commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, southeastern France.
It has a Mediterranean climate.
Bormes-les-Mimosas is a city in bloom and won the 2003 Gold Medal awarded by the Entente Florale. The Fort de Brégançon, located in the commune, is the official retreat for the President of the French Republic.
The historic village is situated on the hills. Medieval houses are overgrown with bougainvillea flowers. Significant buildings include the church and the town hall.
Other parts of town include the seaside district of La Faviere with its marina.
Bormes-les-Mimosas has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Bormes-les-Mimosas is 14.3 °C (57.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 917.9 mm (36.14 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.7 °C (72.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.2 °C (45.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bormes-les-Mimosas was 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) on 8 January 1985.
| Climate data for Bormes-les-Mimosas (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1971−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
35.3 (95.5) |
38.9 (102.0) |
41.9 (107.4) |
39.9 (103.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
41.9 (107.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 113.4 (4.46) |
68.3 (2.69) |
59.0 (2.32) |
91.1 (3.59) |
57.4 (2.26) |
42.6 (1.68) |
13.7 (0.54) |
27.5 (1.08) |
76.9 (3.03) |
133.5 (5.26) |
116.8 (4.60) |
117.7 (4.63) |
917.9 (36.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 65.2 |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,965 | — |
| 1975 | 3,093 | +0.61% |
| 1982 | 3,839 | +3.13% |
| 1990 | 5,083 | +3.57% |
| 1999 | 6,324 | +2.46% |
| 2007 | 7,153 | +1.55% |
| 2012 | 7,698 | +1.48% |
| 2017 | 8,102 | +1.03% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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