Gavarnie-Gèdre
# Gavarnie-Gèdre

Gavarnie-Gèdre (French pronunciation: ​; Occitan: Gavarnia e Gèdra) is a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Gavarnie and Gèdre.

## Geography

### Climate

Gavarnie-Gèdre has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Gavarnie-Gèdre is 8.6 °C (47.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,471.4 mm (57.93 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in February, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Gavarnie-Gèdre was 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.1 °C (−0.6 °F) on 8 February 2012.

Climate data for Gavarnie-Gèdre (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.8 (91.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 34.1 (93.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 14.1 (57.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.1 (44.8) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 4.9 (40.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.2 (29.8) | 1.7 (35.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 7.2 (45.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 3.1 (37.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −13.8 (7.2) | −9.8 (14.4) | −4.6 (23.7) | −0.2 (31.6) | 1.9 (35.4) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.3 (27.9) | −7.1 (19.2) | −12.3 (9.9) | −14.6 (5.7) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 127.4 (5.02) | 105.8 (4.17) | 116.4 (4.58) | 148.9 (5.86) | 136.8 (5.39) | 124.6 (4.91) | 96.6 (3.80) | 83.8 (3.30) | 85.6 (3.37) | 180.9 (7.12) | 168.1 (6.62) | 96.5 (3.80) | 1,471.4 (57.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.5 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 126.4 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||

## Landmarks

The place is famed primarily for the Cirque de Gavarnie, which is a glacial valley. The southern border is on the mountains, with Aragon, Spain.

In the village of Gavarnie is a small church. The church, built around the 12th Century, lies on the Camino route. The church contains a cabinet which claims to hold the skulls of a number of the Knights Templar who died whilst traveling to Compostela. The church was an influential factor in the listing of the village of Gavarnie as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The village is visited by those who ski and by HCPT Pilgrimages to Lourdes.

