# Loyettes

Loyette (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

## Geography
### Climate

Loyettes has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Loyettes is 12.1 °C (53.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,012.3 mm (39.85 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C (37.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Loyettes was 43.0 °C (109.4 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 20 December 2009.
Climate data for Loyettes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990-2019) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.5 (106.7) | 43.0 (109.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.6 (40.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.6 (54.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 10.3 (50.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 0.5 (32.9) | 6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) | −15.0 (5.0) | −11.0 (12.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.5 (18.5) | −10.5 (13.1) | −17.0 (1.4) | −17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.8 (2.79) | 64.4 (2.54) | 65.2 (2.57) | 82.0 (3.23) | 91.6 (3.61) | 75.3 (2.96) | 74.1 (2.92) | 77.3 (3.04) | 106.9 (4.21) | 115.7 (4.56) | 108.2 (4.26) | 80.8 (3.18) | 1,012.3 (39.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.1 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 119.2 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 613 | — |
| 1800 | 549 | −1.56% |
| 1806 | 619 | +2.02% |
| 1821 | 782 | +1.57% |
| 1831 | 908 | +1.51% |
| 1836 | 960 | +1.12% |
| 1841 | 1,025 | +1.32% |
| 1846 | 1,055 | +0.58% |
| 1851 | 1,073 | +0.34% |
| 1856 | 1,114 | +0.75% |
| 1861 | 1,057 | −1.04% |
| 1866 | 1,080 | +0.43% |
| 1872 | 984 | −1.54% |
| 1876 | 1,005 | +0.53% |
| 1881 | 943 | −1.27% |
| 1886 | 896 | −1.02% |
| 1891 | 826 | −1.61% |
| 1896 | 824 | −0.05% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 804 | −0.49% |
| 1906 | 764 | −1.02% |
| 1911 | 750 | −0.37% |
| 1921 | 711 | −0.53% |
| 1926 | 768 | +1.55% |
| 1931 | 685 | −2.26% |
| 1936 | 685 | +0.00% |
| 1946 | 719 | +0.49% |
| 1954 | 814 | +1.56% |
| 1962 | 792 | −0.34% |
| 1968 | 1,001 | +3.98% |
| 1975 | 1,453 | +5.47% |
| 1982 | 1,713 | +2.38% |
| 1990 | 2,256 | +3.50% |
| 1999 | 2,322 | +0.32% |
| 2007 | 2,439 | +0.62% |
| 2012 | 3,004 | +4.26% |
| 2017 | 3,146 | +0.93% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :