Bandrele (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃dʁele]; sometimes spelled Bandrélé) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Bandrele | |
|---|---|
 Mtsamoudou village, Bandrélé commune | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte | |
Location of Bandrele  | |
| Coordinates: 12°54′33″S 45°11′40″E / 12.9092°S 45.1944°E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Mayotte |
| Canton | Bouéni and Dembeni |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ali Moussa Moussa Ben[1] |
| Area 1 | 36.46 km2 (14.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | 10,282 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97603 /97660 |
| Elevation | 0–297 m (0–974 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editBandrélé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Bandrélé is 26.7 °C (80.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,277.3 mm (50.29 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 28.0 °C (82.4 °F), and lowest in August, at around 24.6 °C (76.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bandrélé was 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) on 20 November 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 17.3 °C (63.1 °F) on 29 August 2012.
| Climate data for Bandrélé (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2004−2014) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 292.8 (11.53) |
245.5 (9.67) |
202.3 (7.96) |
103.8 (4.09) |
34.0 (1.34) |
23.0 (0.91) |
16.7 (0.66) |
12.4 (0.49) |
17.0 (0.67) |
46.9 (1.85) |
84.8 (3.34) |
198.1 (7.80) |
1,277.3 (50.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 97.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Villages
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References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017, INSEE
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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