The neighboring communes are
La Boissière to the north,
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle to the northeast,
Cournonterral to the east,
Montbazin to the east-southeast,
Saint-Pargoire and
Villeveyrac to the south,
Plaissan to the southwest,
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve and
Vendémian to the west and
Gignac to the northwest.
Climate In 2010, the climate of the commune is classified as a
frank Mediterranean climate, according to a study based on a dataset covering the
1971-2000 period. In 2020,
Météo-France published a typology of
climates in mainland France in which the commune is exposed to a
Mediterranean climate and is part of the
Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon climatic region, characterized by low rainfall in summer, very good sunshine (2,600 h/year), a hot summer , very dry air in summer, dry conditions in all seasons, strong winds (with a frequency of 40 to 50% for winds > 5 m/s), and little fog. For the 1971-2000 period, the average annual temperature was with an annual
atmospheric temperature of . The average annual total rainfall during this period was 837 mm, with 6.9 days of precipitation in January and 2.7 days in July. For the subsequent period of 1991 to 2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest weather station, located in the commune of
Saint-André-de-Sangonis, away
as the crow flies, is , and the average annual total rainfall is 652.4 mm. For the future, climate parameters for the commune projected for 2050, based on different
greenhouse gas emission scenarios, can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022. ==Population==