Villevieille

Villevieille
Villevieille
Commune
	The town hall in Villevieille
	Coat of arms
	Location of Villevieille
	Villevieille Villevieille
	Coordinates: 43°47′22″N 4°05′50″E / 43.7894°N 4.0972°E / 43.7894; 4.0972
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Calvisson
Intercommunality	Pays de Sommières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cécile Marquier
Area 1	8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,841
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30352 /30250
Elevation	23–106 m (75–348 ft) ; (avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villevieille (French pronunciation: [vil.vjɛj]; Occitan: Vilavièlha) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

The village is located on the banks of the Vidourle.

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa).^[3] On 28 June 2019, during the June 2019 European heat wave, the temperature reached 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) in Villevieille, briefly the highest in French meteorological history, before being surpassed by Gallargues-le-Montueux later the same day.^[4]^[5]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Climat Villevieille: Température moyenne Villevieille, diagramme climatique pour Villevieille - Climate-Data.org". fr.climate-data.org. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
^ "Temperature in France breaks record as European heat wave continues". BNO News. 28 June 2019.
^ "European heatwave: Hottest day ever in France as temp of 45.9C recorded". Sky News. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 4 September 2022.