# Pujaut

Pujaut (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.

## Geography
### Climate

Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm (26.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 2 January 2002.
Climate data for Pujaut (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1991−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 41.1 (106.0) | 39.9 (103.8) | 41.0 (105.8) | 35.3 (95.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −7.5 (18.5) | −9.2 (15.4) | −3.7 (25.3) | 1.7 (35.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | −2.5 (27.5) | −7.4 (18.7) | −9.0 (15.8) | −10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.3 (2.10) | 35.3 (1.39) | 38.2 (1.50) | 60.8 (2.39) | 51.9 (2.04) | 39.4 (1.55) | 31.4 (1.24) | 36.9 (1.45) | 93.2 (3.67) | 88.2 (3.47) | 95.9 (3.78) | 48.3 (1.90) | 672.8 (26.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 62.8 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 906 | — |
| 1800 | 998 | +1.39% |
| 1806 | 1,057 | +0.96% |
| 1821 | 1,178 | +0.73% |
| 1831 | 1,297 | +0.97% |
| 1836 | 1,362 | +0.98% |
| 1841 | 1,390 | +0.41% |
| 1846 | 1,546 | +2.15% |
| 1851 | 1,533 | −0.17% |
| 1856 | 1,606 | +0.93% |
| 1861 | 1,624 | +0.22% |
| 1866 | 1,601 | −0.28% |
| 1872 | 1,546 | −0.58% |
| 1876 | 1,437 | −1.81% |
| 1881 | 1,152 | −4.32% |
| 1886 | 1,093 | −1.05% |
| 1891 | 1,101 | +0.15% |
| 1896 | 1,066 | −0.64% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 1,057 | −0.17% |
| 1906 | 1,090 | +0.62% |
| 1911 | 1,094 | +0.07% |
| 1921 | 991 | −0.98% |
| 1926 | 985 | −0.12% |
| 1931 | 1,061 | +1.50% |
| 1936 | 1,037 | −0.46% |
| 1946 | 1,064 | +0.26% |
| 1954 | 1,038 | −0.31% |
| 1962 | 1,083 | +0.53% |
| 1968 | 1,219 | +1.99% |
| 1975 | 1,533 | +3.33% |
| 1982 | 2,465 | +7.02% |
| 1990 | 2,911 | +2.10% |
| 1999 | 3,242 | +1.20% |
| 2007 | 3,900 | +2.34% |
| 2012 | 4,068 | +0.85% |
| 2017 | 4,136 | +0.33% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :