Pecquencourt
Pecquencourt | |
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 The town hall in Pecquencourt | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pecquencourt  | |
  Pecquencourt  Pecquencourt | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′41″N 3°12′59″E / 50.3781°N 3.2164°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Douai |
| Canton | Sin-le-Noble |
| Intercommunality | Cœur d'Ostrevent |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Pierrache[1] |
Area 1 | 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 6,232 |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59456 /59146 |
| Elevation | 16–27 m (52–89 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pecquencourt (French pronunciation: [pɛkɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Pecquencourt has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Pecquencourt is 10.8 °C (51.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 743.8 mm (29.28 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.6 °C (65.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pecquencourt was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.0 °C (−2.2 °F) on 17 January 1985.
| Climate data for Pecquencourt (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1962−2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.1 (89.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.1 (2.29) |
48.6 (1.91) |
58.3 (2.30) |
46.6 (1.83) |
61.0 (2.40) |
69.8 (2.75) |
72.4 (2.85) |
67.8 (2.67) |
57.7 (2.27) |
68.3 (2.69) |
67.9 (2.67) |
67.3 (2.65) |
743.8 (29.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.0 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 128.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 8,911 | — |
| 1975 | 7,934 | −1.65% |
| 1982 | 7,387 | −1.02% |
| 1990 | 6,718 | −1.18% |
| 1999 | 6,361 | −0.60% |
| 2007 | 5,990 | −0.75% |
| 2012 | 6,011 | +0.07% |
| 2017 | 6,011 | +0.00% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Pecquencourt are blazoned : Azure semy de lys Or, a stag argent. (Capelle, Loffre, Neuville-Saint-Rémy, Pecquencourt, and Vred use the same arms.)
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Sister cities
[edit]
Sondershausen, Germany[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Partnerstädte". Sondershausen. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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