Commune in Martinique, France
L'Ajoupa-Bouillon (French pronunciation: [laʒupa bujɔ̃]; Martinican Creole: Lajoupabouyon), commonly known as L'Ajoupa (Lajoupa), is a commune and town in the French overseas department and region, and island, of Martinique.
Geography
Climate
L'Ajoupa-Bouillon has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in L'Ajoupa-Bouillon is 24.4 °C (75.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,795.0 mm (149.41 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in September, at around 25.7 °C (78.3 °F), and lowest in February, at around 22.8 °C (73.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in L'Ajoupa-Bouillon was 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) on 7 April 1998; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) on 3 February 2005.
| Climate data for L'Ajoupa-Bouillon (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1978−present)
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| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
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Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
32.8
(91.0)
|
31.6
(88.9)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
32.3
(90.1)
|
32.1
(89.8)
|
33.0
(91.4)
|
33.5
(92.3)
|
33.6
(92.5)
|
33.1
(91.6)
|
31.6
(88.9)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
28.0
(82.4)
|
27.9
(82.2)
|
28.0
(82.4)
|
28.8
(83.8)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
28.8
(83.8)
|
27.8
(82.0)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
27.6
(81.7)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
24.8
(76.6)
|
25.0
(77.0)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
25.7
(78.3)
|
25.3
(77.5)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
24.4
(75.9)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
22.3
(72.1)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
21.1
(70.0)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
18.0
(64.4)
|
18.5
(65.3)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
18.0
(64.4)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
14.9
(58.8)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
249.5
(9.82)
|
172.9
(6.81)
|
187.9
(7.40)
|
276.4
(10.88)
|
274.1
(10.79)
|
288.3
(11.35)
|
354.2
(13.94)
|
381.4
(15.02)
|
390.1
(15.36)
|
405.9
(15.98)
|
486.9
(19.17)
|
327.4
(12.89)
|
3,795
(149.41)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
24.5
|
20.0
|
19.6
|
19.1
|
19.8
|
22.5
|
26.0
|
25.9
|
22.4
|
24.1
|
25.0
|
23.3
|
272.2
|
| Source: Météo-France[3]
|
Tourism
Nature aficionados can enjoy the L'Ajoupa Gardens, with a great variety of plants and flowers. Furthermore, a long walk called "Gorges De La Falaise", starting from the commune centre, lead the interested people to the core of the tropical forest, with some marked halts at cascades and important points.
Population
Historical population| Year | | |
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| 1967 | 1,855 | — |
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| 1974 | 1,864 | +0.07% |
|---|
| 1982 | 1,731 | −0.92% |
|---|
| 1990 | 1,739 | +0.06% |
|---|
| 1999 | 1,761 | +0.14% |
|---|
| 2007 | 1,659 | −0.74% |
|---|
| 2012 | 1,788 | +1.51% |
|---|
| 2017 | 1,874 | +0.94% |
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| Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
References
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