Silhac

Silhac is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

Geography

In 2010, the climate of the commune was an altered Mediterranean climate type, according to a French National Centre for Scientific Research study based on a series of data covering the period 1971–2000. The average annual temperature is 10.3 °C, with an annual temperature range of 17 °C. The average annual cumulative precipitation is 1,048 mm, with 7.7 days of precipitation in January and 5.4 days in July.
In 2020, Météo-France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is in classified as a transition zone between the mountain climate and the Mediterranean climate and is in the Middle Rhône Valley climatic region. The region is characterized by good sunshine in the summer, a high annual temperature amplitude, dry air in all seasons, stormy in summer, strong winds, and high rainfall in autumn.

The Dunière, a 24 km watercourse which runs alongside the municipal territory, is a tributary of the Eyrieux, a river which borders the southern part of its territory.

The municipal council of Silhac, a commune of less than 1,000 inhabitants, is elected by a two-round plurinominal majority vote with isolated or grouped candidacies and the possibility of mixing.